Origen y Modo de Contar de los Indios

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Author: Galicia Chimalpopoca, Faustino (1805-1877) from the library of professor George M Foster Year: 1947 Publisher: Biblioteca Aportación Histórica Place: Mexico City Description: 33 pages. Octavo (8" x 6 1/4") issued in wrappers. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. From the library of professor George M Foster . First edition limited to 100 copies of which this is number 55. Faustino Galicia Chimalpopoca or Faustino Chimalpopoca(tl) Galicia was born In 1805 in the present town of San Pedro Tláhuac. His mother's name is unknown, but Don Alejo Andrés Chimalpopoca Galicia was his father, who was one of the ruling families of the area and an official of the village and could trace his lineage to the precolonial rulers. As a member of one of these ruling families he enjoyed privileges that were not available to the farmers of the village. He attended school in the local village. His godfather was the local priest and he was able to get him into a Jesuit College in Mexico City, the Colegio de San Gregorio. There, he was admitted to prepare as a lawyer. After several years of study at this school received a law degree. After finishing his studies he was devoted to the teaching Nahuatl language classes and the transcription and translation of ancient documents unpublished from early colonial provenance. In the same St. Gregory College Faustino was given the chair of Nahuatl and became part of the Teachers Academy to study Mexican antiquities. In 1849 Chimalpopoca met Don Jose Fernando Ram

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