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Aztec surveyors calculated sizes of their farms quite accurately, study finds
As far as tax collectors in colonial Mexico went, Gonzalo de Salazar, often dubbed “El Gordo,” was a 16th-century pinchpenny. The conquistador-turned-regional-chief demanded steep tributes from his charges living in an area called Tepetlaoxtoc, just north of what is now Mexico City.
As far as tax collectors in colonial Mexico went, Gonzalo de Salazar, often dubbed “El Gordo,” was a 16th-century pinchpenny. The conquistador-turned-regional-chief demanded steep tributes from his charges living in an area called Tepetlaoxtoc, just north of what is now Mexico City.
Source: Washington Post
Posted on: Tuesday, Sep 06, 2011, 8:01am
Views: 1146
Posted on: Tuesday, Sep 06, 2011, 8:01am
Views: 1146
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