Title: El Códice Tonayán-Misantla
Description: The present comprehensive study of the Tonay an-Misantla Codex (previously called only Misantla) reinterprets it and rectifies errors from previous studies. It allows us to get closer to the indigenous version of the first stage of the conquest process, and reveals the political-territorial configuration of the Totonac settlements in the Actopan river basin, a space where indigenous painters recreated the story of the arrival of Hern an Cort es in the year Indigenous ce acatl, one cane, corresponding to 1519. The record of the descent of the Totonac Tlatoanis from the Altepeme of the mountainous area is clear, who, meeting in the city of Cempoala, agreed to establish the first military alliance of indigenous and Hispanics. Pact that implied support to the conquerors and free passage through their territory. This study helps to clarify the role of indigenous cartographies that allowed communities to defend their rights over land and water in the courts of New Spain.
Subjects: Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian), Totonac Indians, Sources, History
Places: Misantla (Mexico), Tonaya (Mexico), Mexico, Misantla, Tonaya