nyhistory: Aztec agricultural map, c. 1520. Black and color ink, with black and color wash, on crude
nyhistory: Aztec agricultural map, c. 1520. Black and color ink, with black and color wash, on crude plant fiber (a type of amate paper), backed with paper backed with cloth. 68 x 42 cm. Verso note: "Gift of Mrs. Celia B. Norton of Montclair, NJ, niece of Henry C. Norton to whom it was presented by a Mexican General. Entered in Donation Book Feb 17 1893.“ Call number NS8 L7.9.1, Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, New-York Historical Society, 87413d. Research on this map is in progress. It depicts what seems to be an agricultural area, featuring plants with their Nahuatl [Aztec] names underwritten in Roman script. Numbers are given in Nahuatl, and what seems to be administrators are shown with names in Nahuatl hieroglyph. -- source link