Chimalpahin
Chimalpain Quauhtlehuanitzin (born 1579) was an Aztec noble and historian. He was born in Amecameca (ancient Chalco province) whose formal name was Domingo Francisco de San Anton Muñon.
Of pure Indigenous descent, he received a Spanish education at the Franciscan College of Santiago Tlatelolco of Mexico. He wrote on the history of Mexico and other neighboring nations in the Nahuatl and Spanish languages.
He recorded the 1610 and 1614 visits of Japanese delegations to Mexico (led by Tanaka Shosuke and Hasekura Tsunenaga, respectively) in his diary (Annals of his time).
Bibliography
- Historia mejicana antigua, que comprende los sucesos y sucesión de reyes hasta el año 1526
- Crónica de Méjico desde el año 1068 hasta el de 1597 de la era vulgar
- Apuntamientos de sucesos desde 1064 hasta 1521
- Relaciones originales de los reinos de Aculhuacan, Mejico y otras provincias desde muy remotos tiempos
- Relación de la conquista de Méjico por los espanoles.
- Annals of His Time: Don Domingo De San Anton Munon Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-5454-3