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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Amacuzac
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: Fertilidad, Geografía, Territorio
América Septentrional
Index map in full color with numeric notations indicating location of the accompanying maps. With eighteen inset maps and four views (Fall of Niagara, Mexico [City], Quebec and New York). Note by Edmund Halley at the bottom verifies the accuracy of…
Etiquetas: Geografía, Imperio, Inglaterra
Anáhuac
The name of Anahuac, which was originally given to the Valle of Mexico only, from its principal cities having been situated on little islands, and upon the borders of two lakes, taking afterwards a more extensive signification, was used to denominate…
Etiquetas: Asentamientos, Geografía, Territorio
Anáhuac
"The ancestors of the nations which peopled Anahuac, (now called New Spain) might pass from the northern countries of Europe into the northern parts of America, or, which is more probable, from the most eastern parts of Asia to the most western parts…
Audiencias
Mexico or New Spain, is divided into three Audiences, viz.. 1. the Audience of Guadalajara, or New Galicia; 2. the Audience of Mexico; and 3. the Audience of Guatemala.
Etiquetas: Geografía, Territorio
Azcapotzalco
The place where the artist principally resided was named Escapuzalco, and was at the distance of about a league from the city. Here were the shops and manufactories of all their gold and silver smiths, whose works in these metals, and in jewellery,…
Bergantines
Upon the Occasions of these Journeys to and fro, Hernan Cortez order’d, That they should bring some Cordage, Sails, Nails, and other Spoils of the Ships which had been bor’d, with a Design to build two Brigantines, that he might command the Passage…
Etiquetas: Conquista, Estrategia militar, Geografía, Historia
Bula papal
The Spaniards, by virtue of the Bull or Grant the Pope made them, of all Discoveries to the Westward of the Azores, looked upon themselves to be entitled to all America formerly, insisting that all other Nations were thereby absolutely excluded from…
Etiquetas: Dominios españoles, Geografía, Posesión de la tierra
Calles
so that Length and Breadth of the Place may be discerned at the Corner of any Street. They are all wide, and well pav’d, but generally dirty.
Etiquetas: Ciudad de México, Ciudades, Geografía, Urbanismo
Campeche
Such inundations are very common at the bottom of the Gulph of Mexico, as we learn from the relation which Dampier has given us of the bay of Campeachy, situated in that vicinity.
Etiquetas: Fenómenos naturales, Geografía, Inundaciones
Campeche
The Bay of Campeachy is a deep bending of the Land, contained between Cape Condecedo on the East and a Point of shooting forth from the High-Land of St. Martins on the Weft. The distance betweem thefe two place is about 120 Leagues, in which are…
Etiquetas: Agricultura, Comercio, Geografía, Navegación
Canal de México
[…] The vast canal near Mexico that flows,/ Assumes the colour that this crystal shows[…]
Etiquetas: Cuerpos de agua, Geografía, Pureza
canoas
Canoes were Boates, made of the Trunks of Trees, work’d hollow after such a Manner, that some were capable of holding fifteen or twenty Men; such is the Largeness of those Trees, and the Fertility of the Country that produces them.
Etiquetas: Geografía, Historia, Transporte
Carne
That though the meat we fed on was as fair to look on, as in Spain, yet the substance and nourishment in it came far short of it, by reason of the pasture, which is drier and hath not the change of springs which the pastures of Europe have, but is…
Etiquetas: Alimentación, Esplendor, Ganadería, Geografía, Historia
Chalco
When we approached Iztapalapa, we were received by several great lords of that country, relations of Montezuma, who conducted us to our lodgings there, in palaces magnificently built of stone, and the timber which was cedar, with spacious courts, and…
Etiquetas: Batallas, Cortés, Hernán, Geografía, Historia
Chichimecas
The Chechemecas, like the Toltecas who preceded them, and other nations which came after them, were originally form the northern countries, as we may call the North of America, like the North of Europe, the seminary of the Human race. From both, in…
Etiquetas: Ascendencia indígena, Geografía, Historia, Monarquía
Chichimecas
the old Inhabitants were called Chichicmecas, a savage People, that liv’d without any Order in the Mountains, Forests and Caves, and fed on what the Earth and Water produc’d, or what they could rob from their Neighbours. They say, the Remains of them…
Chinampa
they carried him a Floating-Garden, with Greens, and Timber on it for Building; and Gemelli adds, that such a Garden is still cultivated there, by throwing Earth upon Rushes and long Grass interwoven together on the Water.
Etiquetas: Agricultura, Geografía, Urbanismo
Cholula
The cacique of the place where we were, being asked by us relative to the road to Mexico, recommended that by Cholula; but our allies strongly advised us against going that way, on account of the treacherous disposition of the people, and that the…
Coatzacoalcos
From the Time of this Discovery, it was called the River of Grijalva; but the Province, water’d by it, scituate [sic] on the Frontiers of New Spain, between Yucatan and Guazacoalco , retains the old Name.
Etiquetas: Cuerpos de agua, Geografía, Historia, Toponimia
Conquistador de México
"Cortes, the great conqueror of Mexico, discovered the extensive peninsula of California in the year 1536, after enduring incredible hardships, and encountering danger of almost every species. During a long period it continued to be so little…
Etiquetas: Conquista, Cortés, Hernán, Geografía
Conquistadores menores
All these Provinces, or little Kingdoms, were so many several Conquests by different Conquerors: Many Enterprises were form’d at one and the same Time, all under Brave Captains, tho’ little known.
Etiquetas: Conquista, Geografía, Historia, Personajes españoles
Cortés, Hernán
" Cortes , ashamed of a scene of horrid, rescued the royal victim from the hands of his torturers, and prolonged a life for new indignities and sufferings. Cortes died in Spain, in the year 1547, in the sixty-second year of his age. Envied by his…
Etiquetas: Cortés, Hernán, Geografía, Muerte
Coyoacán
When we arrived at a place where a small causeway turns oof, which goes to the city of Cuyoacan, we were met by a great number of the lords of the court in their richest dresses, sent as they said before the great Mmontezuma, to bid us welcome.
Etiquetas: Geografía, Historia, Territorio