Traveling from New Spain to Mexico
Title | Traveling from New Spain to Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Magali M. Carrera |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2011-06-03 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0822349914 |
How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garc&ía Cubas.
A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain
Title | A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Gerhard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780806125534 |
"A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain is a basic reference work on Mexican colonial history. Completely revised, it examines the administrative divisions constituting the government of New Spain (now central and southern New Mexico) as they were before the introduction of the intendancy system in 1786.
A Description of the Kingdom of New Spain
Title | A Description of the Kingdom of New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Pedro Alonso O'Crouley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Central America |
ISBN |
Description of the Kingdom of New Spain of 1774 is a rare, exciting, and colorful addition to the field of Hispanic literature. The original Spanish text, entitled Idea compendiosa del Reyno de Nueva España, is here translated into English and brings to the reader many historical and social aspects of colonial Mexico.
The Mapping of New Spain
Title | The Mapping of New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara E. Mundy |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2000-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226550978 |
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. "Its contribution to its specific field is both significant and original. . . . It is a pure pleasure to read." —Sabine MacCormack, Isis "Mundy has done a fine job of balancing the artistic interpretation of the maps with the larger historical context within which they were drawn. . . . This is an important work." —John F. Schwaller, Sixteenth Century Journal "This beautiful book opens a Pandora's box in the most positive sense, for it provokes the reconsideration of several long-held opinions about Spanish colonialism and its effects on Native American culture." —Susan Schroeder, American Historical Review
Northern New Spain
Title | Northern New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Charles Barnes |
Publisher | Century Collection |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780816535170 |
This research guide was first conceived to fulfill multiple needs of the research team of the Documentary Relations of the Southwest (DRSW) project at the Arizona State Museum. In performing research tasks, it became evident that reference material was scattered throughout scores of books and monographs. A single complete source book was simply not available. Hence, the editors of the DRSW project compiled this guide. The territory under study comprises all of northern Mexico in colonial times.
The History of the Indies of New Spain
Title | The History of the Indies of New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Diego Durán |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 730 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780806126494 |
An unabridged translation of a 16th century Dominican friar's history of the Aztec world before the Spanish conquest, based on a now-lost Nahuatl chronicle and interviews with Aztec informants. Duran traces the history of the Aztecs from their mythic origins to the destruction of the empire, and describes the court life of the elite, the common people, and life in times of flood, drought, and war. Includes an introduction and annotations providing background on recent studies of colonial Mexico, and 62 b&w illustrations from the original manuscript. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Gardens of New Spain
Title | Gardens of New Spain PDF eBook |
Author | William W. Dunmire |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2012-08-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 029274904X |
When the Spanish began colonizing the Americas in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, they brought with them the plants and foods of their homeland—wheat, melons, grapes, vegetables, and every kind of Mediterranean fruit. Missionaries and colonists introduced these plants to the native peoples of Mexico and the American Southwest, where they became staple crops alongside the corn, beans, and squash that had traditionally sustained the original Americans. This intermingling of Old and New World plants and foods was one of the most significant fusions in the history of international cuisine and gave rise to many of the foods that we so enjoy today. Gardens of New Spain tells the fascinating story of the diffusion of plants, gardens, agriculture, and cuisine from late medieval Spain to the colonial frontier of Hispanic America. Beginning in the Old World, William Dunmire describes how Spain came to adopt plants and their foods from the Fertile Crescent, Asia, and Africa. Crossing the Atlantic, he first examines the agricultural scene of Pre-Columbian Mexico and the Southwest. Then he traces the spread of plants and foods introduced from the Mediterranean to Spain’s settlements in Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. In lively prose, Dunmire tells stories of the settlers, missionaries, and natives who blended their growing and eating practices into regional plantways and cuisines that live on today in every corner of America.