ABSTRACT

The Mapa Uppsala is the earliest known map of sixteenth-century Mexico City that was painted by indigenous artists after the city’s takeover by Spanish forces. It is one of the few indigenous-produced documents about the city and its environs from this time period. While the traditional scholarly consensus has been that the map dates to c.1554, we derive evidence from an examination of the original map to argue for a creation date of c.1537–1541. This revised date, combined with the map’s high degree of topographical and chorographical precision, means that the map offers a snapshot of the city’s urban development and ecological changes at an earlier point in its history than has been acknowledged.

摘要

马帕乌普萨拉（Mapa Uppsala）是16世纪墨西哥城已知的最早地图，该地图是在西班牙人占领该市后由土著艺术家绘制的。这是该时期以来有关该城市及其周边地区的少数几本由当地人生产的文件之一。而传统的学术共识一直是地图日期ç 0.1554，我们得到证据的原始地图的考试主张c.1537-1541的创建日期。修订日期与地图高度的地形和地理学精确度相结合，意味着该地图提供了比其公认的历史更早的城市的城市发展和生态变化的快照。