The mapping of New Spain : indigenous cartography and the maps of the relaciones geográficas /
Although Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in 1521, imperial Spain knew little about the Mexican territory under its control when Philip II acceded to the throne in 1556. As part of a vast project to learn about its territories in the New World, Spain commissioned a survey - the Relaciones Geografic...
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Chicago :
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