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Map of unidentified place, probably in central Mexico

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Open book Map of unidentified place, probably in central Mexico

Title Map of unidentified place, probably in central Mexico

Date 1500-1599

Place Mexico--Metepec Region, Mexico--Tulancingo Region (Hidalgo)

Language Nahuatl

Subjects Indian cartography, Indians of Mexico, Landowners, Manuscript maps, Nahuatl language

Description Manuscript map of Indian origin from the 16th century.
Colored inks (black, blue, green, brown) on amatl paper.
Relief shown pictorially.

Summary Shows unidentified location, including a river, five tepetl symbols, and six native buildings, possibly relating to division of lands. Nahuatl glyphs accompanied bg illegible glosses. Pencilled annotations (probably by Nadine Beligand) in J. Galarza's Preliminary check list of Mexican manuscripts in the Newberry Library indicate that the map might be from the Metepec or Tulancingo regions in the state of Mexico.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; on sheet 398 x 409 mm

Format Early works

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1903

BibID 121736

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 5633px × 5241px 84.50 MB

Filename 991217368805867_Ayer_MS_1903_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E288