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The cabildo of San Juan Tenochtitlan was a governing council established in the 16th century to give a Spanish-style government to Tenochtitlan. The cabildo consisted of a single governor, a number of alcaldes and regidores, and a number of other minor officials. The cabildo was abolished in 1812 through the Spanish Constitution of 1812. [1]
English: Map of Tenochtitlan, printed 1524 in Nuremberg, Germany. Colorized woodcut. On the left, the Gulf of Mexico (South is at the top, part of Cuba left); on the right, Tenochtitlan with West at the top.
Tenochtitlan, [a] also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, [b] was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [ 3 ]
When other European powers began exploring and settling the zones that Spain and Portugal had claimed as their own, maps began to delineate the boundaries between empires. [6] As Latin America nation-states coalesced following independence in the early nineteenth century, map making was a standard national project.
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English: Map of the Aztec Empire lead by Tenochtitlan circa 1519, before the arrival of the Spanish. Français : Étendue de l' empire Aztèque soumis à la Triple Alliance , dirigée par Tenochtitlan, à l'arrivée des Espagnols en 1519.
The Casa de Contratación produced and managed the Padrón Real, the official and secret Spanish map used as a template for the maps carried by every Spanish ship during the 16th century. [ 16 ] It was constantly improved from its first version in 1508, and was the counterpart of the Portuguese map, the Padrão Real .