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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.Mayer, Brantz

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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

Name: Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.
Author: Mayer, Brantz

Mayer, Brantz

Mexico -- Description and travel; Mexico -- History; Mexico -- Statistics

"The Calendar of the inhabitants of the independent kingdom of
Mechoacan, who spoke the Tarasca language, appears to have been similar
to that of the Mexicans; and the names of the days of their month as
stated by Veytia, are inserted in the table. The names of the days of an
ancient Mexican, or rather Toltec tribe, found in the province of
Nicaragua, have also been inserted. This, as far as we know, is the
extreme southeastern limit of the Mexican Calendar on the Pacific Ocean.
That limit on the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico may be traced as far as the
islands opposite Cape Honduras (Herrera); beyond which the shores are
still inhabited by the uncivilized Musquito Indians.

       *       *       *       *       *

"The cycle of fifty-two years was also adopted in Yucatan, and the
arrangement of the years was precisely the same as in that of Mexico,
substituting only the names Khan, Muluc, Hix and Ca-uac, for Tochtli,
Acatl, Tecpatl and Calli, as appears in the following table:

  +----------------------------------------+
  |       YUCATAN CYCLE OF 52 YEARS.       |
  +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+
  |    | 1st    | 14th   | 27th   | 40th   |
  |    | year.  | year.  | year.  | year.  |
  +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+
  | 1  | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | The Chiapan Cycle is also
  | 2  | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   |
  | 3  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | similar, substituting for the
  | 4  | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    |
  | 5  | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | names Khan, Muluc, Hix,
  | 6  | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   |
  | 7  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Ca-uac, those of Votan,
  | 8  | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    |
  | 9  | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Lembat, Be-en, Chinax.
  | 10 | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   |
  | 11 | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  |
  | 12 | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    |
  | 13 | Kahn   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac |
  +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+

"But there was an essential difference respecting the series of the
names and numerical characters of the days, as will appear by the
following table, which shows the termination of the first year of the
cycle, and the beginning of the next ensuing years.

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History

Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

Mayer, Brantz

Mexico -- Description and travel; Mexico -- History; Mexico -- Statistics

"The Calendar of the inhabitants of the independent kingdom of
Mechoacan, who spoke the Tarasca language, appears to have been similar
to that of the Mexicans; and the names of the days of their month as
stated by Veytia, are inserted in the table. The names of the days of an
ancient Mexican, or rather Toltec tribe, found in the province of
Nicaragua, have also been inserted. This, as far as we know, is the
extreme southeastern limit of the Mexican Calendar on the Pacific Ocean.
That limit on the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico may be traced as far as the
islands opposite Cape Honduras (Herrera); beyond which the shores are
still inhabited by the uncivilized Musquito Indians.

       *       *       *       *       *

"The cycle of fifty-two years was also adopted in Yucatan, and the
arrangement of the years was precisely the same as in that of Mexico,
substituting only the names Khan, Muluc, Hix and Ca-uac, for Tochtli,
Acatl, Tecpatl and Calli, as appears in the following table:

  +----------------------------------------+
  |       YUCATAN CYCLE OF 52 YEARS.       |
  +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+
  |    | 1st    | 14th   | 27th   | 40th   |
  |    | year.  | year.  | year.  | year.  |
  +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+
  | 1  | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | The Chiapan Cycle is also
  | 2  | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   |
  | 3  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | similar, substituting for the
  | 4  | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    |
  | 5  | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | names Khan, Muluc, Hix,
  | 6  | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   |
  | 7  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Ca-uac, those of Votan,
  | 8  | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    |
  | 9  | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Lembat, Be-en, Chinax.
  | 10 | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   |
  | 11 | Hix    | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  |
  | 12 | Ca-uac | Khan   | Muluc  | Hix    |
  | 13 | Kahn   | Muluc  | Hix    | Ca-uac |
  +----+--------+--------+--------+--------+

"But there was an essential difference respecting the series of the
names and numerical characters of the days, as will appear by the
following table, which shows the termination of the first year of the
cycle, and the beginning of the next ensuing years.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

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