COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
01808
accession_number
01808
Accession Number
false
File Name:
01808-005
file_name
01808-005
File Name
false
Call number:
B601 H564h /1-SIZE
call_number
B601 H564h /1-SIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
[Title page]
map_title
[Title page]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Madrid
place_of_publication
Madrid
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
En la Emplenta Real
publisher
En la Emplenta Real
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1601
publication_date
1601
Publication date
false
Map size height:
29 cm.
map_size_height
29 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
21 cm.
map_size_width
21 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved title page, atlas
item_description
Engraved title page, atlas
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Title page with a portrait medallion of the author and depictions of the Aztec gods, Huitzilopochtli (god of war), Ehecatl (god of the wind), Mictlantecuhtli (god of death), Tlaloc (god of water), Tezcatlipoca (jester god), and Ometochtli (god of wine), including glyphs of names. Also includes mythological figures of sea gods and goddesses with tridents, boats, shells, sea monster or fish, hippocampi [hippocampus], ships, boats, islands with dwellings [representation of Tenochtitlan?]. Includes a representation of the first king of Mexico (Acamapich or Acamapichtli), globe showing the western hemisphere, and a view of the Temple of the Indians of New Spain (Templo major). In the center is the Spanish royal coat of arms (of Castile and Leon) and coat of arms of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas [?].
geographical_description
Title page with a portrait medallion of the author and depictions of the Aztec gods, Huitzilopochtli (god of war), Ehecatl (god of the wind), Mictlantecuhtli (god of death), Tlaloc (god of water), Tezcatlipoca (jester god), and Ometochtli (god of wine), including glyphs of names. Also includes mythological figures of sea gods and goddesses with tridents, boats, shells, sea monster or fish, hippocampi [hippocampus], ships, boats, islands with dwellings [representation of Tenochtitlan?]. Includes a representation of the first king of Mexico (Acamapich or Acamapichtli), globe showing the western hemisphere, and a view of the Temple of the Indians of New Spain (Templo major). In the center is the Spanish royal coat of arms (of Castile and Leon) and coat of arms of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas [?].
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
source_author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Source author
false
Source title:
Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las islas i Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano escrita por Antonio de Herrera coronista mayor de Su Md: de las Indias y su coronista de Castilla ... Decada primera [-octaua]
source_title
Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las islas i Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano escrita por Antonio de Herrera coronista mayor de Su Md: de las Indias y su coronista de Castilla ... Decada primera [-octaua]
Source title
false
Source place:
Mad: [i.e. Madrid] : En la Emplenta Real, 1601-1615
source_place
Mad: [i.e. Madrid] : En la Emplenta Real, 1601-1615
Source place
false
References:
Delgado-Gomez, A. Spanish Historical Writings about the New World, Fig. 10 & 11 (detail)
references
Delgado-Gomez, A. Spanish Historical Writings about the New World, Fig. 10 & 11 (detail)
References
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Acamapichtli (reigned 1376-1395), whose name means handful of reeds, was a descendant of the Toltec emperors; his selection as the first ruler of the Mexico-Tenochtitlan dynasty gave authority to the Aztec rule. He is dressed in the clothes of the highest priests.
historical_notes
Acamapichtli (reigned 1376-1395), whose name means handful of reeds, was a descendant of the Toltec emperors; his selection as the first ruler of the Mexico-Tenochtitlan dynasty gave authority to the Aztec rule. He is dressed in the clothes of the highest priests.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1601
normalized_date
1601
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b22272173
lc_bibliographic_number
b22272173
LC bibliographic number
false