Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real ma 1551 ma Castilla la Nueva a ma ka makahiki 15 ua komo ʻo ia i ka hale konikona o Kapalakiko ma Toledo.
I ka manawa i hele mai ai ka "culturicida" Diego de Landa no ka manawa ʻelua i Nu Sepania ma ke ʻano he bihopa o Yucatán, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hui o Franciscans i waena o lākou i hele mai ai ʻo Antonio ma ke ʻano he chorus; ua pae lākou i ʻOkakopa 1573 ma Campeche. Ua haʻi ko mākou ʻano i Yucatán, kahi i aʻo ai ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Maya me ka maʻalahi.
I Kepakemapa 1584, ua hōʻea ke kōmike nui ʻo Alonso Ponce de León, ka mea kipa o nā panalāʻau ʻo Franciscan i Mekiko. I loko o nā makahiki ʻelima ʻo ia ma aneʻi, a hiki i Iune 1589, kāna kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Ciudad Real a huakaʻi pū lākou mai Nayarit a Nikaragua, kahi e kū ai nā huakaʻi lehulehu o nā kuahiwi ʻo Mekiko. E pili ana i kēlā mau makahiki he ʻelima, ua kākau ʻo ia i loko o ke kolu o ka poʻe i ke kuʻikahi hoihoi a aʻo hoʻi i ka mea nui o Nu Sepania; i kākau ʻia ma kahi o 1590, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia i ʻike i ke kukui ākea a hiki i ka 1872, ma Madrid. I 1603 ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i panalāʻau o kāna kauoha, a make i Merida ma Iulai 5, 1617.
Nui nā nūhou mai Ciudad Real. "I ke kapikala nui o Santa Clara 'mālama ʻia kahi quill mai ka wāwae o kekahi o nā puʻupaʻa he ʻumikūmākahi tausani. A e pili ana i nā relics, i ka hale ʻaha Xochimilco "aia kekahi faucet ma kekahi lima o ka Saint Sebastian pōmaikaʻi; e haʻalele iā Roma me nā hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli a mālama iā ʻoe iho i kahi paʻa i ka paia o ka hale pule.
Ua hoʻokō ʻia ka pahuhopu o ka huakaʻi. Ua kipa ʻo Ponce a me kāna kākau ʻōlelo i nā ʻaha kūkā he 166 ma nā moku ʻeono Franciscan ʻewalu a me ʻewalu Dominican, ʻelima Augustinian a me ʻekolu moku Jesuit. ʻOiai ke kumu o ka huakaʻi he kipa ʻana ia, ʻo ka puke Ciudad Real kahi diary maoli e hōʻiliʻili i ka anthropological waiwai, zoological, botanical a me nā ʻike ʻē aʻe o ke ʻano like ʻole.
ʻO kahi laʻana, hiki i kahi loea ke komo i loko o nā ʻaha ʻōiwi a me nā hulahula o ka Bajío o ka hopena o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāono, mestizo, mai kēia hana: "Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia, e waiho pū kekahi kekahi mau ʻInia ma luna o ka lio a ʻeha iā lākou no ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻana iā ia. ; Nui a lehulehu nā ramada a me nā manu ola nui like ʻole e kau ana ma luna o lākou […] Ua puka mai kekahi mau ʻInia ma luna o ka lio, kahi mamao loa ma mua o koʻu hōʻea ʻana, a he nui nā mea hehi wāwae, e walaʻau ana me ka ʻuwā e like me Chichimecas, a ua puka kahi hulahula o nā Negro hemahema, a kekahi o nā Indians me kahi pāʻani a lākou i kapa ai del delo ”.
Hāʻawi pū ka puke i nā mea he nui no nā mea noiʻi paremiological, ʻoiai ʻo Antonio de Ciudad Real i kamaʻilio nui. He mea waiwai kēia mau laʻana aʻu i wae ai mai kāna hana: “ʻO lākou ka mea holoi i ka hulu hipa a maikaʻi ʻole nā mea āpau no ka ipuhao; Lawe mai i koʻokoʻo kiʻekiʻe; ʻAʻohe pōkole ke ʻole ka hana; ʻIʻo a me ka iwi; Ma kahi a ka mea nona ka ʻole, ma laila ke kanikau; Kakaikahi ka poʻe i absentia pono; ʻO wai lā ka mea e ʻole, make; Kau ka duel o nā lauoho o haʻi; Nā lepa i wehe ʻole ʻia; E hele i waho o kā lākou pahu; Hōʻike i ka poʻohiwi a me ka umauma; He ʻumikūmākolu lākou; E hāʻule mua i ka pulu; Hāʻawi a lawe; Nā mea i waiho ʻia ma waena o nā laina; Pāʻani ʻo ia ma ke kī like; Uē i koʻu mau maka; Hoʻololi a hana i puke hou; Kuli loa; Ma kona puʻuwai makemake ʻo ia e hoʻokolokolo i kā haʻi; Manaʻo ka ʻaihue nona nā kūlana āpau; E hele me ia; Kāohi; Ua hoʻohuli kahi kahawai i nā lawaiʻa waiwai; a noho nanea ”.
ʻO nā kumumanaʻo Zoological ka makemake o kēia Franciscan pīhoihoi: ʻo nā ʻūlū i nā loko o ke awāwa ʻo Mekiko "e ʻimi ʻia e nā Indians me kahi hoihoi ʻē, a ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻopuni ana i kahi hapa nui o ka lagoon kahi a lākou e hiamoe ai i nā wahi mauʻu a me nā mauʻu mauʻu. , me nā ʻupena i kau ʻia ma luna o nā lāʻau i kipaku ʻia i luna kiʻekiʻe, a i ke kakahiaka ma mua o ke ao, hoʻoweliweli lākou i nā ʻalalā e hiamoe ana ma laila, a ʻoiai lākou e lele ana ua paʻa lākou a paʻa i nā wāwae i ka ʻupena
Ma kēlā wahi like "lawe ʻia he mau naloele he nui i ke ʻano o nā ʻokena a me nā ilo, a nā Indians e kūʻai aku nei i nā mākeke e hānai ai i nā manu a nā Paniolo a me nā Indians hoʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Mekiko, a hopu lākou i kēia mau nalo [ …] Me kekahi ʻupena i nā ʻāpana ʻaʻole hohonu ka loko iʻa, a lawe lākou i mau hua manu lele he nui (ahuaucle), kahi a lākou e hana ai i kekahi mau ʻai e ʻai ai lākou a ʻono loa ”.
ʻO kēlā kokoke i Autlán "nā moʻo huelo ʻawa loa a me nā ʻā lele lele a me nā ʻino ʻino a ʻeha hoʻi e hāpai ʻia ana, kahi a ke Akua i hāʻawi ai i kahi lāʻau hoʻōla kupaianaha, a ʻo ia nā ʻohana hihi i kapa ʻia he poʻe arreras e hele mai i kēlā kaona mai kēlā manawa kēia manawa, a Komo lākou i loko o nā hale, a me ka hana ʻeha ʻole i kekahi hale ʻē aʻe lākou i luna o nā hale a mai o lākou a mai nā lua e kiola ai lākou i nā mea make, ehia mau moʻo huelo ʻawa a me nā ʻūpā e uhi ai lākou, a ma hope o kēia i loko o kekahi hale hele lākou i kekahi e hana like, a mai laila aku. i kekahi a i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a pēlā lākou e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai iā lākou āpau ”.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻike ʻokoʻa o Ciudad Real: Aia ma ka puʻu Chapultepec "ke kiʻi a me ke kiʻi o Moctezuma i kālai ʻia a kālai ʻia. Kāhea ʻia ka maiʻa Dominican no ka mea lawe ʻia mai ka mokupuni ʻo Santo Domingo. ʻO nā wai wai wela o ka Peñón de los Baños, e kū nei i kēia lā, ua hoʻohana ʻia no nā hana lāʻau. ʻO ka muliwai ʻo Acaponeta i hele ʻia i loko o nā waʻa me nā ipu hollow e lana ana, e like me ka muliwai Balsas, ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Guerrero.
Hōʻike ʻo Ciudad Real i nā wahi neoneo o Uxmal a me Chichén Itzá; Ua kipa aku ʻo ia i nā wai wela o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Puebla a me kona lua pele liʻiliʻi e noho kūlanakauhale nei i kēia manawa; kuhikuhi i nā pōhaku i loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau; Ua pūʻiwa ʻo ia i nā waʻa ʻohe o ke kai ʻo Chapala, me ka lana kūʻokoʻa ʻana o ka wai e komo i waena o kā lākou ʻohe; ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka "poho" o San Cristóbal, i kēia lā ʻo Las Casas, kahi i nalowale kahi muliwai; Hoʻomaopopo ia iā mākou i kekahi mau ʻano o ke ana ʻana i kahi mamao kahi hoʻolei ʻana o kahi pōhaku, ke kī ʻoi loa, a me ke kī pana. ʻO ka "pāʻani o ke koʻokoʻo" i kāhāhā loa iā Hernán Cortés, i ka nui i hoʻouna aku ai ʻo ia i kekahi poʻe ʻōiwi i Sepania nāna i hana, ua wehewehe nui ʻia e kēia mea kākau moʻolelo.
