The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps

The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas

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.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780226550978
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas