Drawings depicting the Aztec migration myth according to the Boturini Codex

A collection of drawings attributed to Augustino Aglio, circa 1835-1840, that includes a panorama comprised of seven drawings glued together and nine discrete drawings. The drawings depict his interpretation of the Aztec migration myth as conveyed in the Boturini Codex. The Boturini Codex, also known as "Tira de la Peregrinación" (The Strip Showing the Travels), was painted by an unknown Aztec author between 1530 and 1541, and is named for one of its first European owners, Lorenzo Boturini Bernaducci (1702-1751). The codex depicts the legendary Aztec journey from Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico on a long sheet of amatl (fig bark), which was then accordion-folded into pages. Unlike many Aztec codices, the drawings are outlined with black ink and not colored

Each panel of the Aglio panorama is accompanied by an ink caption in English at top. The captions describe otherwise unidentified "tribes" landing on the Pacific shore, marching across the mountains in Canada and encamping at Cuextecal in the neighborhood of the Peace River, returning to the Pacific Ocean, crossing the Rocky Mountains to the plains, then heading south to the ancient capital of Tula. The people depicted are probably Aztecs: the leaders carry staffs depicting a snake, sun, and moon, their robes resemble Aztec costume, and the Aztecs first settled in Tula, the ancient capital of the Toltec civilization