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A portion of the Atlas geografico, estadistico e historico de la Republica Mexicana, formado por Antonio Garcia y Cubas, Mexico. Imprenta de Jose Mariano Fernandez de Lara. Atlas mexicano, por Antonio Garcia y Cubas Cuadro I and II. Maps are surrounded by explanatory text in Spanish. The maps depict the migration of the Aztec people from Aztlan to Tenochtitlan over the period of several hundred years.

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The map depicts the migration of the Aztec people from Aztlan to Tenochtitlan over the period of several hundred years. Reverse of the map has a ticker on it that says Peregrinacion de los Aztecas from Careri Gemilli [sic], Giro del Mundo. Note of explanation is included in the folder.

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Copies of an 1886 reproduction of the original Mappa Reinisch, which was written March 23, 1586. The reproduction was made by Dujardine under the auspices of Comte Henri de Charencey in an edition of 25 copies, in Paris. It shows a genealogical tree of a Mexican tribe with hieroglyphic characters and text in Aztec written in Roman letters. Includes note of provenance signed by Marshall Saville. Two of the pieces are labeled, "Fragment du verso" and "recto." Has Indian writing and symbols.

Abstract Papers concerning Maya chronology, hieroglyphs, slabs, and languages, with comparisons to archeological sites in Palestine and Mesopotamia. Collection includes holographic manuscripts, bound and loose, hand copied portions of books, extensive notes in notebooks, large collections of tracings of hieroglyphs, pencil and colored drawings of landscapes, people and artifacts, correspondence, several unpublished papers, drafts and manuscripts for Valentini's Deciphering the Palenque Slabs, Temple...

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Copy of an old city plan of the ancient city of Teotihuacan.

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Typescript translation into English of the late 16th or early 17th century Aztec metrical comedy with additional notes. Contains some historical information about the Aztec and Spanish influence on their literature. Also includes an inventory of other comedias.

Scope and content Numbers 263, 317, and 356 in Glass' A Survey and Census of Native Middle American pictorial manuscripts. Codices are also described in Analas del Museo Nacional De Mexico for 1886. Published as a set with the original price of $3.00. Lithographed in Paris from the originals, which were held in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Codices include the Mapa Quinatzin, Mapa Tepechpan, and Mapa Tlotzin. They depict Aztec history from 1298 to 1596, including Tenochtitlan, Chapultepec, Aztec emperor...