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Augustinian Religious Professions in New Spain, 1534-1599

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  • Spatial Reference Information
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Identification Information

Citation
Title
Augustinian Religious Professions in New Spain, 1534-1599
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
Biographic and other data related to the professions of Augustinian friars in 16th-century New Spain extracted from the books of professions of the convents of Mexico City, Puebla de los Angeles, and Oaxaca. The dataset only represents professions made 1534-1599. The data pertaining to Mexico City's convent comes from the original book of professions in the Genaro García Collection, call number G21. The manuscript text consists of 345 folios, dating 1537-1672; data in this book from 1600-1672 is not included in this dataset.
Purpose
This dataset maps the places of origin for the friars' parents.
Bounding Box
West
-104.653176
East
9.039143
North
51.498796
South
14.558571
Place Keyword
Mexico, Spain, Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Canary Islands
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
1534-1599
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
None
Maintenance and Update Frequency
notPlanned
Language
spa
Credit
Ennis, Arthur J., OSA. "Augustinian Religious Professions in Sixteenth Century Mexico." (Villanova, Pennsylvania: Augustinian Historical Institute, 1986)
Point of Contact
Contact
Albert A. Palacios
Position Name
Digital Scholarship Coordinator
Email
aapalacios@utexas.edu

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
4326
Code Space
EPSG
Version
6.14(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Statement
This data comes from the Benson Latin American Collection and is part of the Genaro García Collection and circulating book library.

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
Online Access
Protocol
Name

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
point
Vector Object Count
569

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
Metadata Date Stamp
2021-09-17
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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