Introduction -- Distributing the lands of New Spain -- Painting the Colonial World -- Requesting the grant -- Opposing the grant -- Negotiating the grant -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Examines how indigenous artists crafted and used mapas de mercedes de tierras, land grant maps, to negotiate land disputes with Spanish authorities in sixteenth-century New Spain"-- Provided by publisher.
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