To learn about its territories in the New World, Spain commissioned a survey of Spanish officials in Mexico between 1578 and 1584, asking for local maps as well as descriptions of local resources, history, and geography. In The Mapping of New Spain, Barbara Mundy illuminates both the Amerindian (Aztec, Mixtec, and Zapotec) and the Spanish traditions represented in these maps and traces the reshaping of indigene world views in the wake of colonization.
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To learn about its territories in the New World, Spain commissioned a survey of Spanish officials in Mexico between 1578 and 1584, asking for local maps as well as descriptions of local resources, history, and geography. In The Mapping of New Spain, Barbara Mundy illuminates both the Amerindian (Aztec, Mixtec, and Zapotec) and the Spanish traditions represented in these maps and traces the reshaping of indigene world views in the wake of colonization.
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Barbara E. Mundy is an assistant professor of art history at Fordham University and a contributor to Volume 2, Book 3 of The History of Cartography.
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This review is from: The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful glimpse into the development of detailed maps of Central America. It expresses the necessity of a country to be aware of the resources it possesses and the lengths to which it must go to obtain this information. Another good book along these same lines is "Mapping and Empire" by Matthew Edney, which describes the process of mapmaking the British government undertook in India. Overall, this is a great book.
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This is an interesting book. I recommend it for people interested in this historical period. Good quality. It can be very good to have in electronic format.
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If one could trace the genesis of the sixty-nine Relaciones Geograficas maps, following the narrative threads of the story along the globe of the earth, the filaments coming out of towns and villages in New Spain would twine together, stretching across the Atlantic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
merced map, complex altepetl, land grant map, native iconography, native cabildo, indigenous maps, native painters, native maps, cartographic histories, hill symbol, cartographic history, zenith passage, local colonial officials, grant maps, logographic writing, alcaldes mayores, viceregal government, community maps, alcalde mayor, alphabetic inscriptions, settlement maps, indigenous artist, colonial maps, soap plant, ruling lineage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Relación Geográfica, New Spain, López de Velasco, Relaciones Geográficas, New World, Santa Cruz, The University of Texas, Benson Latin American Collection, Codex Mendoza, Stroza Gali, Martín Cano, Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, Codex Zouche-Nuttall, Mexico City, Valley of Mexico, San Agustín, Map of Chichimec History, Archivo General de la Nación, San Juan, Muńoz Camargo, Pole Star, Gabriel de Chávez, Jiménez de la Espada, Los Peńoles, San Miguel New!
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If one could trace the genesis of the sixty-nine Relaciones Geograficas maps, following the narrative threads of the story along the globe of the earth, the filaments coming out of towns and villages in New Spain would twine together, stretching across the Atlantic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
merced map, complex altepetl, land grant map, native iconography, native cabildo, indigenous maps, native painters, native maps, cartographic histories, hill symbol, cartographic history, zenith passage, local colonial officials, grant maps, logographic writing, alcaldes mayores, viceregal government, community maps, alcalde mayor, alphabetic inscriptions, settlement maps, indigenous artist, colonial maps, soap plant, ruling lineage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Relación Geográfica, New Spain, López de Velasco, Relaciones Geográficas, New World, Santa Cruz, The University of Texas, Benson Latin American Collection, Codex Mendoza, Stroza Gali, Martín Cano, Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, Codex Zouche-Nuttall, Mexico City, Valley of Mexico, San Agustín, Map of Chichimec History, Archivo General de la Nación, San Juan, Muńoz Camargo, Pole Star, Gabriel de Chávez, Jiménez de la Espada, Los Peńoles, San Miguel New!
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- The Essential Codex Mendoza by Frances F. Berdan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl by Frances Karttunen in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Badianus Manuscript by Emily Walcott Emmart in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexica History by Susan D. Gillespie in Back Matter
- The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times (Civilization of the American Indian) by Ronald Spores in Back Matter
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- Africans in Colonial Mexico: Absolutism, Christianity, and Afro-Creole Consciousness, 1570-1640 (Blacks in the Diaspora) by Herman L. Bennett in Back Matter
- National Narratives in Mexico: A History by Enrique Florescano in Back Matter
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