History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Part 19

Shows Merida and Valladolid with the YZUES between them, and with the COCOMES between Valladolid and L. Bacalar. Southern portions of Yucatan very poorly shown.

1667 BLAAUW, AMSTERDAM, YUCATAN AND GUATIMALA.

A very good map for the time. It shows accurately what were then thought to be the facts. Merida, Conil, Chuaca, Valladolid, Campeche, Bacalar, and Chetumal all nearly correctly placed. Just south of Merida are the YZAES and just south of them the COCOMES.

The isthmus is too elongated and runs too much east and west. The Zoques given.

1671 ARNOLDUS MONTa.n.u.s, AMSTERDAM.

A shameless "steal" from the preceding. (Monta.n.u.s may, however, make acknowledgment in his text.) Practically identical with Blaauw, 1667.

1689 EDWARD WELLES, LONDON.

Has Merida, Valladolid, Campeachy, and Vera Pax. Abo Guatimala.

1694 JAILLOT'S MAP IN ALLARD'S ATLAS MINOR.

Has Merida, Valladolid, Campeche, Chetumal, Salamanca, Vera Pax, etc.

ca. 1697 AVENDAnO'S MAP. (See Plates Ia and Ib.) Shows Lake Peten.

1702 ATLAS MARITIMUS NOVUS, LONDON.

Has coasts only. Fairly correct.

1714 or just before POPPLE, LONDON.

Has Merida and LAKE PETEN rightly placed.

1720 MATTEO SEUTTER, ATLAS NOVUS, AUGSBURG.

Very poor. Gives few names. Southern portion of Yucatan much too narrow. No lake.

1722 PLANO DE PARTE DE LA COSTA DR YUCATHAN ... LA QUE VISITo SU GOBERNADOR Y CAPITAN GENERAL D. ANTONIO CORTAYRE, AnO 1721. TORRES LANZAS, i. 88.

Coast with Merida in south, Cacalchen Tilam in east. Sisal in west; shows possible defense of the roads. Drawn with care as to the details; colored; trees near coast.

1728 ATLAS MARITIMUS ET COMMERCIALIS, LONDON.

Has "Jucatan" and Campeche, but not much else.

1739 PIERRE VANDER AA, LEYDEN.

Copied exactly from Blaauw, 1667, and Monta.n.u.s, 1671. The Choles appear in addition to the Zoques (who are on the other two maps). Lat.i.tude and longitude have also been added.[A3.4]

1740 MIGUEL DE GUZMAN, PICTURE MAP OF PETEN, IN TORRES LANZAS.

(See Plate II.)

1740 ATLAS NOUVEAU, BY JEAN COVENS ET CORNEILLE MORTIER (Boston Athenaeum).

Map of Yucatan by Popple, in colors. Has, among other places, Sisal, Quyo, Merida, Valladolid, Lago de Bacalal, Thub, Salamanca, Chuckabul, PETEN LAKE, with LAGU-ASTAL on the southern bank, Verapax, etc. Lake too far east. Cf. Popple, 1714.

1740 OTTENS, ATLAS NOUVEAU, AMSTERDAM (vol. iv.).

Has the Yzues between Merida and Valladolid, and the Cocomes south of them. Cf. 1656, 1667, 1671.

1746 HAZIUS AND LOWITZ, ATLAS (Harvard College Library).

Has a very good map of Yucatan which shows in full the results to geography of the conquest of the Itza-Peten-Quehache region in 1697. The map shows, among other places, the following: Merida, Linchanchi, Sisal, Cujo, Bocas de Conil, Valladolid, Bacalar, Campeche, CHAVICH, QUEHACHES, TIPU, BATCAB, CHANES, ITZA, PETEN o LOS REMEDIOS, CHAXAL RIVER, MOPAN, Chol, Coban, etc. LACANDON and LOS DOLORES are located northwest of the lake.

1746 PLANO Y DEMARCACoN DEL CAMINO Y DISTANCIA DESDE LA CIUDAD DE MERIDA DE YUCATAN HASTA LA LAGUNA DE BACALAR ... DESDE EL PUEBLO DE CHUNHUHUB A LA LAGUNA AY 35 LEGUAS DE DESPOBLADO ... AnO 1746. TORRES LANZAS, i, 114.

Shows all the towns on the road from Merida to Bacalar.

1746 PLANO DEL RIO HONDO QUE SE COMUNICA CON LA LAGUNA DE BACALAR....

TORRES LANZAS, i. 115.

Little detail.

1751? PLANO DE LOS TRES RIOS DE BALIZ NUEVO Y HONDO CITUADOS ENTRE EL GOLFO DULCE O PROVINCIA DE GOATEMALA, Y LA DE YUCATAN....

LA CITUACION DEL REAL PRESIDIO DE SAN PHELIPE DE BACALAR, EL CAMINO QUE DE EL VA A LA CAPITAL DE MERIDA, LA LAGUNA DEL PETEN ITZA.... TORRES LANZAS, i, 143.

Drawn with great detail, especially as regards coast line and islands. Northern portion of coast of Guatemala west to Peten, north to Bacalar. This is the road treated of by Villagutierre, Cogolludo, and Avendano.

1764 JAQUES NICOLAS BELLIN, PARIS? (Cong. Lib.).

The northern portions of Yucatan need no comment. In the south we find: Quehaches, Chenes, Batcab, Nohuk.u.m R., Tipu, Coboxes, Lac de Puc, Chaltuna, Alain, ITZA, Mopanes, Choles, etc. The lake is too far east.

1771 CARTE DU MEXIQUE, MR. BONNE M. DE MATHEM, PARIS (Harvard College Library).

Gives Merida, Valladolid, Campeche, Sacahuchen (= Sahcabchen?), Tikax, Bacalar, Tzuthok, Salamanca, Sumasinta, TAVASAL, etc.

1773 ATLAS PORTATIF, BELLIN, AMSTERDAM (Harvard College Library).

Much like Bellin, 1764.

1779 ABBe MONGEZ, ATLAS, PARIS (vol. ii).

Map of Yucatan has Merida, Valladolid (wrongly placed), Salamanca de Bacalar (wrongly placed), Quehaches, L. DE PUC with IGUASTAL in it.

1783 BRION DE LA TOUR, L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, PARIS (Cong. Lib.).

Much like Bellin, 1764.

1785 GUTHRIE, LONDON.

Lake is too far east and is not named.

1801[A3.5] TOMAS LOPEZ, MADRID, MAP OF YUCATAN IN 4 SHEETS (Cong.

Lib.).

A large and valuable map which contains many names, routes, lakes, rivers, etc. The distances and outlines of the land ma.s.ses are inaccurate. There is a list of the Curatos and Visitas of Yucatan.

1854 DUDLEY COSTELLO, MAP OF YUCATAN, IN FANCOURT, 1854, and MAc.n.u.tT, 1908.

A clear and useful map with a few minor mistakes.

1864 V. A. MALTE-BRUN, CARTE DU YUCATAN, PARIS.

A reliable and invaluable modern map with many place names, routes, etc.

1878 MAPA ... DE YUCATAN, FOR JOAQUIN HuBBE, ANDReS AZNAR PEREZ Y ... C. HERMANN BERENDT.

The best and largest and fullest map of Yucatan.

1902 GUATEMALA, BY M. HENDGES, BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS, 1902.

The best map of Guatemala. It has proved very valuable.

1915 MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO. PAN AMERICAN UNION, 1915.

Also a very trustworthy map.

From the foregoing list of maps the following interesting points are to be gleaned:

1. Yucatan does not appear on any map prior to 1523-1525. From the time of its first discovery Yucatan was believed to be an island. Maps vary greatly as to what sort of an island it was.

2. In 1527 the Weimar-Spanish map shows Yucatan for the first time as a peninsula. Probably the maker of this map derived his information from someone who had been with Cortes in 1524-1525. The name Ytza appears on the isthmus; it is so faint as to be almost illegible, but I think I have deciphered it correctly.