Una historia económica

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Se reunen aquí un conjunto de informaciones necesarias para el historiador y útiles para el lector general: una cronología sistematica de nuestra historia, más de 200 gráficos y estadísticas de economía y sociedad, 200 mapas que reflejan acontecimientos, divisiones políticas, etc., relaciones detalladas de las distintas instituciones políticas y sus componentes, y la correspondencia entre los distintos calendarios utilizados en nuestra historia y los pesos y medidas.

El manuscrito original de la Relación de Michoacán se conserva en la Biblioteca de El Escorial, se cree que el autor era un fraile franciscano conocedor de las tradiciones indígenas. Según se aprecia en el manuscrito, el autor se considera un intérprete de las numerosas referencias aquí contenidas y todo indica que domina la lengua purépecha. En nuestros tiempos los investigadores atribuyen la autoría del texto a fray Jerónimo de Alcalá, aunque aún existen ciertas dudas al respecto;se cree que Jerónimo nació en Vizcaya, alrededor de 1508 y que murió hacia 1545. Se sabe con...