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An "oidor" (literally "listener") is a judge. Manuel de Segura was a judge for the Audiencia of Guadalajara. There is a 1764 reference to Segura in the History of Turmeque (written in Spanish) found at: http://www.freewebs.com/turmeque/historiadeturmequ.htm Information about the Audiencia of Guadalajara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Audiencia_of_Guadalajara However, this particular Manuel de Segura lived in the 18th century and is from Argentina. Carlos A. Diaz Daniel J. Evans Library The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington [email protected] ---------- There is however an indication on the map that it could in fact date from the last decade of the 17th century: the text at the top says that the map was made "Por orden de S.M.N. el Sº Virrey de la Nueva España Dº. Gaspar de la Cerda Silva y Mendoza..." Gaspar de la Cerda was viceroy of New Spain between November 1688 and February 1696. He faced several revolts, most notably in 1692. (see a quite long biography in Wikipedia) The text on the map mentions revolts ("...los indios facieron muchos desacatos y mal (...) y se amotinan..."), which is consistent with the traumatic events endured by Gaspar de la Cerda. The text implies that the eclipse was the ultimate cause of these revolts. There are two other persons cited on the map, in the text at the bottom left corner: Manuel de Segura, "oidor" of the Audiencia of Guadalajara; and Captain Nernasio (?) de Siguenza. If someone could provide biographic information on these two men then the date of the map could be established quite firmly. Regards, Luis A. Robles Macías -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Luis Robles Macías Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 10:32 AM To: Discussion group for map history Subject: Re: [MapHist] Re: Website of historical solar eclipse maps andmystery of early Mexican eclipse map This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
