Figures along the left border portray a succession of Indian governors of Mexico City, ca. 1536-1565, consisting of Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin (Panitzin), Don Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin, Don Esteban de Guzmán, Don Cristóbal de Cecepátic (Cecetzin), and Don Luis de Santa María Cipac (Nanacacipactzin), in addition to a Spanish governor, identified as probably Don Luis de Velasco, Viceroy of New Spain. Each figure includes a name glyph and number of years that they held their colonial office., Footprints depicted along the left edge of the map probably represent a road or footpath. Figures along the upper edge of the map symbolize forty-one solar years. A strip of water depicted along the lower edge of the map may signify a lake, canal, or other body of water, which irrigates the rows of plants and traverses the map, and becomes paralleled in the upper margin by a representation of a Catholic church and a row of seven native houses., and Nahuatl map on maguey paper documenting agricultural holdings in the Valley of Mexico, probably fields of bulrush or maize under the colonial jurisdiction of Tenochtitlan-Mexico City, ca. 1565.
Alternative Title:
Aztec land map
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico City (Mexico)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800, Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800, Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Maps, and Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810
Subject (Name):
Alvarado Huanitzin, Don Diego de, Cecepátic, Don Cristóbal de, Guzmán, Don Esteban de, San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin, Don Diego de, Santa María Cipac, Don Luis de, and Velasco, Luis de,--1500?-1564
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Mexico--Maps, Corn--Mexico, Indian cartography, and Indians of Mexico
"Lots & tracts for sale by E. Steele, 415 Montgomery St.", Imperfect: torn along folds, with no loss of text., North oriented to lower right., and With inset map of San Francisco Bay.
