Finding aid for the Tonatiúh and Electra Gutiérrez collection of maps and images of the Americas, 1523-1904 P840001
Ednar Segura
Special Collections
2013
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Title: Tonatiúh and Electra Gutiérrez collection of maps and images of the Americas
Creator: Gutiérrez, Electra
Creator: Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718
Creator: Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Creator: Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Creator: Vecellio, Cesare, approximately 1521-1601
Creator: Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Creator: Popple, Henry, -1743
Creator: García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912
Creator: Gutiérrez, Tonatiúh, 1929-
Creator: Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733
Creator: Moll, Herman, -1732
Creator: Fierro, Pancho, 1807-1879
Creator: Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Creator: Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Creator: Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
Identifier/Call Number: P840001
Physical Description: 42.48 Linear Feet(24 boxes, 20 flatfile folders)
Date (inclusive): 1523-1904
Abstract: The Tonatiúh and Electra Gutiérrez collection of maps and images of the Americas spans more than three centuries and includes
maps of North and South America, several world maps, and iconography of life, fauna and rituals in the Americas. It was assembled
by the Gutiérrezes as they researched the early history and exploration of the Americas.
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Spanish, French, German, English and Latin.
Arrangement
Arranged in two series: Series I. Maps, 1523-1904; Series II. Images, 1535-circa 1900.
Scope and Contents Note
The Tonatiúh and Electra Gutiérrez collection includes historic maps of the Americas spanning more than three centuries, with
an emphasis on Mexico and the region of Mesoamerica. The Gutiérrezes assembled this collection as they researched the early
history and exploration of the Americas and used it to illustrate their publications.
Included are more than 350 maps by cartographers, geographers and publishers from Flanders, the Netherlands, France, Italy,
Spain, England, and the Americas, including Frans Hogenberg, Abraham Ortelius, Jodocus Hondius, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Vincenzo
Maria Coronelli, Nicolas and Guillaume Sanson, Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Herman Moll, Henry Popple, and Antonio García Cubas.
In addition, the collection includes images of life, fauna, landscapes, cities and rituals in the Americas, historical scenes,
and portrait prints of leaders from the Americas and European explorers. Included are plates from Cesare Vecellio's
Habiti antichi e moderni di tutto il mondo... (Venice, 1598), plates from Bernard Picart's
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples idolatres (Amsterdam, 1723-1743), and watercolors by the Peruvian artist Pancho Fierro (Francisco Fierro Palas).
For item-level records of rare books, prints, watercolors and maps in the collection, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection." Gutiérrez Collection numbers for maps are listed below in the inventory.
Biographical/Historical Note
Tonatiúh Gutiérrez was the son of a high Mexican government official who served during the years of President Lázaro Cárdenas.
An Olympic swimmer in his youth, Gutiérrez became a professor of economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM), as well as promoter of the popular and traditional arts. During the 1960s he was the director of expositions of the
National Tourist Council of Mexico, and in the 1970s served as the head of the Fideicomiso para el Fomento de las Artesanías
(later known as Fondo Nacional para el Fomento de Artesanías, FONART), an important state trust for the promotion of folk
art. Electra López Mompradé de Gutiérrez was the daughter of Spanish republicans exiled to Mexico in 1939. She became an expert
in pre-Columbian dance and dress and Mexican culture and history. The couple lived in the district of Coyoacán in Mexico City
until Gutiérrez's death after which Mompradé moved to Spain.
Gutiérrez and Mompradé were considered important collectors and dedicated decades of their lives to researching and publishing
books concerning popular culture, folklore, art, geography and history of Mexico and the Americas. Proficient in multiple
languages, they conducted research in various cities throughout the Americas and Europe, including Mexico City, San Diego,
San Francisco, Austin, Madrid, Paris, and London. As scholars, they co-authored the majority of their works and wrote important
monographs on the history of Mexico, in particular its iconography and cartography.
Processing History
The collection was partially processed in 1997. In 2013, Ednar Segura completed the processing and the arrangement of the
collection and wrote this finding aid under the supervision of Andra Darlington and Karen Meyer-Roux. Item-level cataloging
of the maps, prints and watercolors in the Research Library's online catalog by Ednar Segura and Clarice De Veyra.
Acquisition Note
Acquired in 1984.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Preferred Citation
Tonatiúh and Electra Gutiérrez collection of maps and images of the Americas, 1523-1904, The Getty Research Institute, Los
Angeles, Accession no. P840001.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifap840001
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prints -- Collectors and collecting
Mexico -- Social life and customs
Maps -- Collectors and collecting
Mexico -- Maps
Prints
Cartography
Maps
South America -- Social life and customs
North America -- Maps
South America -- Maps
North America -- Social life and customs
Maps, Series I.
1523-1904
Arrangement
Arranged in six subseries:Subseries I.A. General maps of the Americas, 1562-1878;Subseries I.B. Maps of the Caribbean and
West Indies, 1548-circa 1850;Subseries I.C. Maps of Mexico, 1597-1904;Subseries I.D. Maps of North and Central America, 1620-1868;Subseries
I.E. Maps of South America, 1523-1864;Subseries I.F. World maps, 1562-1854.
Scope and Contents
Series I consists of printed historic maps spanning more than three centuries, with an emphasis on Mexico and the region of
Mesoamerica. There are more than 350 maps by cartographers and publishers from Flanders, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, England, and the Americas, including Frans Hogenberg (12), Abraham Ortelius (12), Jodocus Hondius (1), Willem Janszoon
Blaeu (112, 113, 120, 158bis, 269), Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (65, 100, 135, 159), Athanasius Kircher (110), Nicolas and Guillaume
Sanson (23, 123, 190, 273), Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (191, 506), Herman Moll (108, 121, 348), Henry Popple (303), Antonio García
Cubas (15, 63, 196, 274-301, 316, 355, 358), Edward Stanford (209-226), and Benito Chías y Carbó (367-378).
The series comprises world maps and maps that present a general view of the Americas. Other maps show specific areas, such
as the island of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the island of Cuba, and the Valley of Mexico, or cities, such as Cuzco in Peru.
For panaromas of cities or renderings of the landscapes in these regions, see Series II. Given the preponderance of maps relating
to Mexico, the Carribean and West Indies, these are described in separate subseries, Series I.B. and Series I.C.
Included are maps extracted from publications, now loose pages and leaves, and maps issued separately.
Numbers for individual maps correspond to the inventory numbers assigned by the Gutiérrezes.
For item-level records of maps in the collection, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection."
General maps of the Americas, Subseries I.A.
1562-1878
Scope and Contents
Subseries I.A comprises general maps of the Americas, including a map by the Venetian cartographer Vincenzo Maria Coronelli
(135), maps by Henry Popple (303) 21151526900001551 and Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (312) 21151526960001551.
For item-level records of maps of the Americas, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection" and the names of cartographers, printmakers, publishers, geographic areas or the specific
inventory number for the map, such as "303" for the map by Henry Popple.
Loose leaves and pages,
1562-1873
box 1*, folder 1
1562-1750
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 23, 25, 26, 33, 111, 127, 135, 145, 146, 195, 200, 201, 205, 273, 302, 322, 326, 328, 329, 330, 332, 333,
336, 339, 340, 344, 347-351, 354, 384.
box 1*, folder 2
1754-1873
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 20, 22, 27, 28, 34, 39, 43, 44, 48, 124, 126, 143, 149-151, 154, 207, 208, 229.
box 2*
Henry Popple ,
1746
Scope and Contents
Inventory number: 303.
flatfile 1**, flatfile 2**
Oversize,
1646-1878
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: [unidentified], 133, 156, 158, 158b, 305, 307-311, 314, 319-321, 324, 325, 334, 352, 365, 366.
Maps of the Caribbean and West Indies, Subseries I.B.
1548-circa 1850
Scope and Contents
Subseries I.B consists of maps of the Caribbean and the West Indies and has a clear emphasis on the Caribbean. Included are
maps of the island of Hispaniola during colonial times prior to its political division and maps of other islands, in particular
Puerto Rico. Prominently represented in this subseries is the island of Cuba, with its port city of Havana. Included are maps
by Rigobert Bonne (323, 361), Thomas Jefferys (359), and Alain Manesson Mallet (381).
For item-level records of maps of the Caribbean and West Indies, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection" and the names of cartographers, printmakers, publishers or the specific inventory number
for the map, such as "323" for the map by Rigobert Bonne.
box 1*, folder 3
Loose leaves and pages,
1609-circa 1850
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 137-142, 144, 147, 148, 152, 153, 163, 766, 783.
box 1*, folder 4
Loose leaves and pages,
circa 1548-1780
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 359-361, 381-383, 387, 390.
flatfile 3**
Oversize,
circa 1740-1837
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 157, 315.
Maps of Mexico, Subseries I.C.
1597-1904
Arrangement
Maps of California are included in this subseries, as they document the region when it was a territory of New Spain during
the colonial era and of Mexico after Mexico's independence from Spain.
Scope and Contents
Subseries I.C is comprised of general maps of Mexico and maps of regions of Mexico, such as the Valley of Mexico, Veracruz,
and California. The maps of the Valley of Mexico document the early topography of Lake Texcoco and other neighboring lakes,
a lake system that in modern times has almost completely disappeared due to the development of the Mexico City metropolitan
area. Also included in this subseries are maps of the Mexican states by Benito Chías y Carbó (367-378), which were published
in 1904 in Barcelona.
The subseries documents the work of the Mexican geographer, historian and writer Antonio García Cubas (1832-1912), who systematically
undertook the exploration of the Mexican territory, which, in the late nineteenth century was not accurately recorded. His
work made an immense contribution in expanding the geographic and geodetic horizon of Mexico. Maps by Cubas are titled
Atlas geográfico (Atlas mexicano)
(274-301, 358) ,
Carta general de la Republicana mexicana
(316) ,
Atlas pintoresco
(196) , and
Los insurgentes
(15) .
Atlas geográfico (Atlas mexicano)
(274-301, 358) focuses on Mexican regions that are divided politically and relates the story of the great migration of the Mexicas (Aztecs)
from the north to their eventual settlement in the Valley of Mexico.
Los insurgentes
(15) is a boardgame for two players and a storyteller. As the players advance around the map by rolling dice, the storyteller
relates events of the Mexican War of Independence.
For item-level records of maps of Mexico, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection" and the names of cartographers, printmakers, publishers.
Loose leaves and pages,
1597-1890
box 5*, folder 1
1597-1783
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 29-31, 47, 52, 54, 56, 173, 175, 180, 181, 183-186, 188-191, 193, 194, 197, 198, 203, 263, 270, 287, 357,
386, 389.
box 5*, folder 2
1825-1890
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: [unidentified], 17, 24, 35-37, 40, 41, 45, 57, 192, 196, 199, 202, 204, 272, 364.
Antonio García Cubas,
1858-1904
flatfile 5**
Atlas geográfico (Atlas mexicano)
(274-301, 358) ,
1858
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 274-301, 358 (29 sheets).
box 7
Carta general de la Republicana mexicana
(316) ,
1863
Scope and Contents
Inventory number: 316.
flatfile 6**
Atlas pintoresco
(196) ,
1885
Scope and Contents
Inventory number: 196 (13 sheets).
flatfile 7**
Los insurgentes : juego histórico para niños,
1891
Los insurgentes : juego histórico para niños: 1891
Scope and Contents
Inventory number: 15 (1 map, with 16-page booklet).
flatfile 8**, flatfile 9**
Other maps,
1624-1885
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 19, 21, 38, 46, 58-60, 62-64, 65-68, 317, 355.
box 5*, folder 4
California,
1698-1772
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 172, 174 (4 sheets), 177, 178, 179, 182.
box 5*, folder 5
Valley of Mexico,
1704-circa 1850
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 262, 385, 392, 393.
box 5*, folder 6
Veracruz,
1706-1880
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 160, 167-171.
Maps of North and Central America, Subseries I.D.
1620-1868
Scope and Contents
Subseries I.D consists of general maps of North America, regional maps depicting areas north of Spanish territories, and maps
of Central America. Included are scenic maps illustrating the Ilopango volcano and Uvas island in Central America and a series
of maps of the regions of North America and of individual states from the United States (209-226) issued by Edward Stanford
in 1867.
Given the preponderance of maps relating to Mexico, the Carribean and West Indies, these are described in separate subseries,
Series I.B. and Series I.C.
For item-level records of maps of North and Central America, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection" and the names of cartographers, printmakers, publishers, and geographic areas.
box 8*, folder 1
Loose leaves and pages,
1620-1868
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 21, 42, 49, 50, 53, 55, 134, 136, 176, 187, 234-245, 247-261, 318, 363.
box 8*, folder 2
Edward Stanford,
1867
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 209-226.
flatfile 10**
Oversize,
1702-1838
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 16, 18, 131, 132, 155, 228, 230-232, 362.
box 8*, folder 3
Panama,
1730-1741
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 109, 128, 129.
Maps of South America, Subseries I.E.
1523-1864
Scope and Contents
Subseries I.E is comprised of general and regional maps of South America by European cartographers and geographers, including
Jodocus Hondius, Hendrik Hondius, Cornelius Wytfliet, Willem Janszoon Blaeu (112, 113, 120, 269), and Guillaume Sanson and
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (123). Included are a plan of the city of Cuzco (506) and a map by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
marking the Jesuit order's missions in the region of Paraguay (130).
For item-level records of maps of South America, search the
Library Catalog for the phrase "Gutiérrez Collection" and the names of cartographers, printmakers, publishers, and geographic areas.
box 8*, folder 4
Loose leaves and pages,
1523-1863
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 70, 72-76, 78, 80-82, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 110, 164-166, 227, 264, 265,
271, 379, 388,
flatfile 12**
Other maps,
1630-1861
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 102, 107, 108, 112, 114-122.
box 8*, folder 6
Loose leaves and pages,
1598-1780
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 69, 79, 83, 87, 88, 206.
flatfile 13**
Other maps,
undated
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 91, 93.
box 8*, folder 7
Chile,
1670-1780
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 77, 85.
Paraguay,
circa 1635-1771
box 8*, folder 8
Loose leaves and pages,
circa 1730-1771
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 84, 96, 99, 130.
box 8*, folder 9
Loose leaves and pages,
1580-1780
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 161, 266, 506.
flatfile 15**
Oversize,
1690-1732
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 162, 267, 268, 269.
World maps, Subseries I.F.
1562-1854
box 8*, folder 10
Loose leaves and pages,
1562-1852
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 1-12, 71, 125, 346, 391, 752.
flatfile 16**
Oversize,
1772-1854
Scope and Contents
Inventory numbers: 13, 14, 159, 356.
Images, Series II.
1535-circa 1900
Scope and Contents
Series II includes images of everyday life, fauna, landscapes, cities, rituals in the Americas, and portrait prints of leaders
from the Americas and European explorers. There are plates from Cesare Vecellio's
Habiti antichi e moderni di tutto il mondo... (Venice, 1598), plates from Bernard Picart's
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples idolatres (Amsterdam, 1723-1743), and watercolors by the Peruvian artist
Pancho Fierro (Francisco Fierro Palas) (1807-1879).
Throughout Series II, there are representations of enslaved people, in particular in the files labeled Costumbristos, which
depict figures from different social statuses. Series II.F. includes representations of the extreme violence occurred against
enslaved people, as well as the ways they were captured and transported.
Arrangement
Arranged in seven subseries:Subseries II.A. Images relating to the Americas, 1590-1880;Subseries II.B. Images relating to
the Caribbean and West Indies, 1671-circa 1890;Subseries II.C. Images relating to Mexico, circa 1579-1894;Subseries II.D.
Images relating to North America, 1671-1890;Subseries II.E. Images relating to Central America, 1780-1880;Subseries II.F.
Images relating to South America, 1535-circa 1900;Subseries II.G. Images relating to Europe, 1577-circa 1870.
Images relating to the Americas, Subseries II.A.
1590-1880
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.A. comprises allegories of the Americas, landscapes, monuments, historical scenes, and portraits of leaders active
throughout the Americas.
Portraits
Scope and Contents
For portraits of European explorers, royalty, or conquistadores, see Subseries II.G. Europe.
Images relating to the Caribbean and West Indies, Subseries II.B.
1671-circa 1890
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.B is comprised of representations of enslaved Black people, social gatherings and rituals. Included in this subseries
are landscapes of the Carribean and the West Indies, and panoramas of the city of Havana and other prominent ports.
Images relating to Mexico, Subseries II.C.
circa 1579-1894
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.C comprises representations of prominent towns, port cities, large estates, and precolonial structures and monuments,
primarily from central and southern Mexico. Imagery documents the cities of Guanajuato and Veracruz, and the Valley of Mexico,
as well as the palace of Mitla in the region of Oaxaca and the Great Pyramid of Cholula. Included in this subseries are historical
scenes, allegories, and other imagery, such as representations of rituals, hunting and agriculture.
box 17*, folder 2-3
Archaeology
Scope and Contents
For other illustrations on the archaeological sites of Mitla and the Maya city state of Palenque, see cuttings from a publication
labeled Guatamala in Series II.E.
Images relating to North America, Subseries II.D.
1671-1890
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.D illustrates social gatherings, rituals and religious ceremonies, war and hunting activities throughout North
America, with an emphasis on the rendering of clothing and attire.
For images relating to Mexico, see Series III.C. Images relating to Mexico.
Images relating to Central America, Subseries II. E.
1780-1880
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.E is comprised of images of landscapes and cityscapes, including those of Belize, San Juan de Nicaragua, and
Managua, and of clothing, attire, and rituals, such as the Danza de los Diablos in Guatemala and marriage ceremonies in Panama.
For images relating to the Carribean and West Indies, see Series II.B.
Images relating to South America, Subseries II.F.
1535-circa 1900
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.F documents the life of indigenous people and European settlers present throughout South America, including the
extreme violence perpetrated against enslaved people, as well as the ways they were captured and transported. Other activities
shown include mining, hunting, horseback riding, fishing, and courting. There are representations of major cities, ports,
and mining towns such as Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Potosi, as well as the landscapes, fauna, and flora both in the Amazon
and in the Andes.
Included are illustrations of landscapes and plants in South America published from drawings by the German botanist and explorer
Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (flat file folder 20**). Poeppig sailed from North America to South America where he explored large
areas from Cape Horn to the Andes, and the Amazon. Recognized as the founding father of epiphyte studies, an important precursor
of modern tropical ecology, Poeppig published a two-volume travel account of his years in South America and produced numerous
drawings of landscapes and plants.
box 21*, folder 5
Slavery
Scope and Contents
Included are representations of Europeans chasing, capturing, and transporting enslaved people.
box 22*, folder 7-9
Costumbristas by other makers
Images relating to Europe, Subseries II.G.
1577-circa 1870
Scope and Contents
Subseries II.G includes landscape and scenic prints depicting rural life in Spain and portraits of European scientists, explorers,
conquistadors and royalty. In this subseries are portrait prints of Johannes Gutenberg, Nicolaus Copernicus, Amerigo Vespucci,
Galileo Galilei, Francisco Pizarro González, Isabella I of Castile and Alexander von Humboldt.
box 23*, folder 9
Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio
