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Abejas
As to Bees, they have several sorts, which make their nests in trees, or in Holes of the Rocks; from whence the Natives get a great deal of Honey, with which they make some of their strongest Liquors. Wafer doubts, whether some of these Bees have…
Etiquetas: Adaptación al medio, Apicultura, Bebidas alcohólicas, Zoología
Acapulco
Acapulco is a pretty large Town, 17 deg. North of the Equator. It is the Sea-Port for the City of Mexico, on the West-side of the Continent; as La Vera Cruz, or St. Joan d’Ulloa in the Bay of Nova Hispania, is on the North-side. This Town is the only…
Etiquetas: Comercio, Geografía, Navegación, Puertos, Rutas
Acapulco
The chief embarcaderos, or ports of trade, belonging to this empire, are in the kingdom of Mexico, or New Spain, La Vera Cruz in the North Sea, and Acapulco, in the South Sea.
Etiquetas: Embarcaderos, Geografía
Acapulco
Having sail’d above 700 Leages along the Coast, on the first of December we arriv’d at Acapulco, the Seaport Town in New Spain, on the South Sea, for this Voyage, lying in 16 Degrees 40 Minutes of North Latitude, and is one of the most spacious, the…
Etiquetas: Geografía, Territorio
Acapulco
But it is to be observ'd, that in Acapulco, Mexico, and other places of New Spain, it never rains in the morning, and therefore he that will not be wet, must take care to dispatch his business before noon, and then stay at home.
Etiquetas: Actividades cotidianas, Clima, Geografía
Acapulco
del Marques, or of the marques, only two leagues distant from Acapulco, which has water enough for great ships and good anchoring; whither generally the ships of Peru, that dare not put into Acapulco, because they have prohibited goods, resort to…
Acapulco
So that Friday 25th Acapulco was converted from a rustick village into a populous city; and the huts before inhabited by dark Mulattoes were all fill'd with gay Spaniards.
Etiquetas: Desarrollo urbano, Sociología, Urbanismo
Acapulco
About two in the afternoon there was a little earthquake, the noise being heard from the mountains, would have given the people time to save themselves, tho' it had been violent. These earthquakes are so frequent at Acapulco, that the people are…
Etiquetas: Arquitectura, Fenómenos naturales, Geografía
Acapulco
I took my leave of all my friends the following days, and Sunday 17th being Shrove-Sunday, the Blacks, Mulattos, and Mesticos of Acapulco, after dinner ran races with above an hundred horses; which they perform'd so well, that I thought they far…
Etiquetas: Antropología, Etnología, Fiestas, Religión, Reversión de fortuna, Superioridad
Acequia Real
Plan of the City of Mexico
Etiquetas: Cartografía, Historia
Achiote
There is also another Commodity, great among the Spaniards, call’d Achiotte, wherewith they make their Chocolatte look of the colour of a brick.
Etiquetas: Gastronomía, Historia
Achiote
The Achiotte hath a piercing, attenuating quality, as appeareth by the common practice of the Physicians of the India’s, experienced daily in the effects of it
Etiquetas: Gastronomía, Historia, Medicina
Achiote
and Achiote, with which they make their Chocolate look of the colour of Brick
Etiquetas: Flora, Gastronomía
Acosta, José
I proceed, in the next place, to enquire into the Religión of the Mexican Tribes, who succeeded the Chichimeca’s; and these, according to Acosta, de Solis, and other Spanish Writers of Figure, acknowledg’d one supreme God as well as Peruvians, and…
Adoración
Know then, that your are deluded; that you follow a false worship; that you pay adoration to inanimate blocks, the inventions of your priests, and the work of your own hands.
Etiquetas: Idolatría, Literatura
Adornos
From amongst whom, assembled in great Numbers, three advanced, who, by the Ornaments of their Habits, seemed the principal Men of the Country; and stopping so long as was necessary to observe who was the chief Commander, by the Respect the others…
Etiquetas: Diplomacia, Historia, Vestimenta
Aduana
Saturday 2nd, we went down the mountain along a craggy road, and travll'd four leagues and a half to St. Augustin de las Cuevas; having first paid a rial for every mule to the guards of the road, whom we found at the foot of the mountain. The F.…
Etiquetas: Cortesía, Rutas, Sociología, Viaje
Agua
The Waters of these Lakes are not fit for all Uses; one of them is so salt, that they make Salt of Waters: And tho’ some Travellers relate, that in Several Places they are sweet and wholesome
Etiquetas: Cuerpos de agua, Hidrología
Agua bendita
Also the consecration of this Idol, a certain vessel of water was blessed with many words and ceremonies (peradventure from this heathenish Ceremony came the superstitious holy water of Rome)
Etiquetas: Anticatolicismo, Historia, Religión
Aguacate
The golden shaddock, the forbidden fruit, The white acajou, and rich sabbaca [Nota al pie de página] “This is the Indian name of the avocato, avocado, avigato, or, as the English corruptly call it, alligator-pear. The Spaniards in South-America name…
Etiquetas: Flora
Aguardiente
Against an Enterteinment, they frequently steep twenty or thirty Baskets of Indian Corn, and after the Water is impregnated, the Women chew more of the same Corn and spit into it, which ferments and works the Liquor like Yeast; and when it has done…
Etiquetas: Antropología, Bebidas alcohólicas, Etnología, Técnicas
Aire
The Air of this Kingdom is said to be exceeding temperate and healthful, although its greatest Part lyes under the Torrid Zone. […] The inhabitants are said to be long-liv’d, by reason of the extreme healthfulness of the Air, which is altogether…
Etiquetas: Geografía, Paraíso terrenal, Salud
Alcaldía
Friday, the first of March, after league's riding, we halted at Cornavaca, the chief place of the Alcadia, or government of that name, belonging to the marques del Valle, or of the valley, which reaches to the valley of Amacusac. The place is rich,…
Etiquetas: Gobierno, Sociología política, Territorio
Alcohol
They are now, and have ever been, very moderate in eating, but their passion for strong liquors is carried to great excess. Formerly they were kept within bounds by the severity of the laws; but now these liquors are grown so common, and drunkenness…
Etiquetas: Adicción, Antropología, Etnología, Vicios
Algodón
After the first Compliments, he order’d his Servants to come up with another Present (which he had brought) of divers Curiosities, of more Workmanship tan Value: Plumes of Various Colours; Robes of fine Cotton, with some Figures of Animals to adorn…
Etiquetas: Historia, Regalos, Señales de paz
Algodón
The chief Town whereof, is Cinaloa, situated in 26 Degrees odd Minutes North Latitude, and 112 Degrees West Longitude: In this Province, are rich Pasture Grounds well water’d, with the Rivuelts that fall from the Mountains, and here is great Plenty…
Etiquetas: Geografía, Territorio
Alma
If we look into that Part of the World, which, for so many Ages, lay undiscovered, in China, Peru, and Mexico, as well as in Brasil, Canada, Virginia, &c. the People, though severed from the rest of the World by the vast Ocean, and having no…
Etiquetas: Creencias, Muerte, Pueblo joven, Religión
Almas
The people of Tlascala believed that the souls of the persons of rank went, after their death, to inhabit the bodies of beautiful and sweet singing birds, and those of nobler quadrupeds; while the souls of inferior persons were supposed to pass into…
Etiquetas: Antropología, Muerte, Religión
Altares
The superstition of those people not contended with such great number of temples in their cities, villages, and hamlets, erected many altars upon the tops of hill, in the woods, and in the streets, not only for the purpose of encouraging the…
Etiquetas: Historia, Idolatría, Religión, Sacrificios humanos
Alvarado, Pedro de
He appointed Juan de Grijalva, a Relation of his own, to be Commander in Chief; and Pedro de Alvarado, Francisco de Montexo, and Alonso Davila, to command under him, Men of eminent Rank, and highly esteemed in those Islands for their Valour and…
Etiquetas: Fuerzas armadas, Guerra, Historia
Alvarado, Pedro de
And though he was obliged to go to Vera Cruz, to oppose the Forces sent against him by Velasquez, he left Motezuma still a Prisoner in his Quarters, under the Care of Pedro de Alvarado, against whom the Mexicans rose in Arms upon the following…
Etiquetas: Conflictos internos, Historia, Insurrección, Personajes españoles
Amacuzac
and then riding as many leagues more, forded a great river at night, and lay at the village of Amacusac, of the liberty of Cornavacca. Such good order is taken, that whensoever travellers come in, the Topile and Mesonero, or inn-keeper, come…
Etiquetas: Antropología, Descanso, Etnología, Hospitalidad