Learning Exercise
The Geography of New Spain.
A questionnaire of 50 items was created by Juan Lopez de Velasco, the royal astrologer, to provide a more complete understanding of the what the Americas was like.
Course: Latin American History
- Material:
- A Simultaneous View of History in 16th Century New Spain or Relaciones Geograficas de America
- Date last modified:
- September 18, 2008
- Created by:
- William Paquette
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The Spanish government established a commission in the 16th century to develop a questionnaire to describe a variety of... see more
Exercise
Instructions: Click Primary Sources. Select EITHER Xonotla, Mexico, 1581 or San Juan de Puerto Rico, 1582. Click English version. For the one location selected read the 50 questions and the 50 answers. Write a 5-7 page paper describing what the Spanish discovered about the region, the people, the geography, the botany, and animal life for the location chosen.
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