The Uppsala Map of 1550

Title: The Uppsala Map of 1550
Description: An indigenous tlacuilo (painter/scribe in Nahuatl), made this map c. 1550. Attributed for many years to Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505-1567), a highly regarded mapmaker for the Council of the Indies in Spain who prepared a descriptive legend of the map's contents in the bottom right hand corner, it depicts one of the earliest representations of the city Mexico after the fall of the Aztec Empire. The map includes water symbols, place-name glyphs, and use of color reminiscent of other cartographic examples produced by indigenous artists throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Mapmaking formed an important component of spatial relationships, definition of territorial boundaries, and historical memory as it allowed individuals, towns, and corporate entities to visually describe that natural world.
Relation: Map of Mexico City ca. 1550

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Map of Mexico City ca. 1550	Still Image