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Titulos de los señores del Reino del Quichè : manuscript, [1501-1781?].

[1501-1781?].

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Consists of a document in K'iche' "Titulo Real de don Francisco Izquin ultimo Ahpop alel, o Rey de Quiché," (11 leaves), dated Nov. 22, 1588 and signed by the Last King of the Quichés and the eight other princes. There is a narrative account (fols. 15-22) of the events of the first conquest of the highlands by the Quiché ancestors in the year [1300], dated May 7, 1524 and signed by hieroglyphs with names of seven K'iche' princesses, three of the Spanish conquerors, including Pedro de Alvarado "Ande mi con Pedro Alvarado Jues Capitan Español Conquistador," and also the four friars accompanying the expedition. Also includes several official documents dating from 1587-ca. 1781 from Xelahuh, now Quetzaltenango.
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C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 101)
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Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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Alvarado, Pedro de, 1485?-1541
Language
Mayan languages
Subject
Quiché Indians—History—Sources
Cakchikel Indians—History—Sources
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous peoples of Central America—Guatemala—History—Sources
Guatemala—History—To 1821—Sources
Central America—History—16th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies
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