[Aztlan] AZ: Q Locks on Netzahualcoyotl's Dike- Lake Texcoco

[D. M. Urquidi]

Your maps and the panarama effect is great however, I believe you are basing the map on the 1523 map found in the book by Apenes,O
(1947)  Mapas antiguos del Valle de Mexico  Mexico City,Mexico: Universidad Nacional / Instituto de Publicacion
   darwn by the cartographer, Plinius, M. (1523). Map of Texcoco. The books like the "Anonyumous Conquistador,"  Augelli and West etc, said it was 1523, the Benson library book says 1538. The map is written in full Italian text. It is also ALWAYS printed upside down.  The small indentation of the land in the lower left hand corner should acutally be in the upper right. . .  because it says very clearly in Italian that *****it is the way to Veracruz and the North Sea.*****
   
  The problem research has been their belief that Leif Erickson was the first to come to the Americas, so when Auster  was found to be a valid word for East in Norse texts  it was picked up by the enthusiasm of people like von Daniden,  but the map, being written in Italian, is actually saying that the top of the map is Auster - South where the burning winds of the Sahara come from. The word at the bottom is based on the Latin word **** septentrio *** and it definitely means north.
   
  Dea

Tomas Map always printed upside-down. Filsinger <tomasf at qwest.net> wrote: 
  Estimad at s listeros,

I have been making some reconstructive maps of Tenochtitlan trying to 
incorporate all the information I have come across in several years of 
research, you can see a small QTVR sample with four nodes or points of 
view (Chapultepec, Cerro de la Estrella, Cerro del Tepetzingo, Cerro 
del Tepeyac) at:

http://www.mexicomaxico.org/Tenoch/qtvr.htm

I have incorporated the "compuerta" (lock?) of Atzacualco at its north 
end and the one near Iztapalapa in its south end. My question is if 
anyone has come across any reference to the "compuerta(s)" they might 
have had in the center of the "dike" near the hill "El Peñon de 
Tepetzingo"?

I read that this hill was sometimes used as a beacon for dusk or 
night rowing and it seems logical to me to have one near there to avoid 
having to row to the north or south extremes (the dike was more than 12 
km long!), specially if one was heading to Tenochtitlan/ Tlatelolco 
from Texcoco or viceversa.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Tomás Filsinger


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D. M. Urquidi
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