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Maps and Illustrations maps 1. The Mesoamerica-Chichimeca Frontier, ca. 1500 69 2. The Bajío in the Sixteenth Century 77 3. Spanish North America in the Seventeenth Century 122 4. The Bajío in the Seventeenth Century 132 5. The Bajío in the Eighteenth Century 163 6. Spanish North America, ca. 1760 210 7. New Santander, ca. 1760 217 8. Spanish North America, ca. 1800 457 9. Spanish California, ca. 1800 471 illusTraTions 1. El Cerrito, outside Pueblito, east of Querétaro 68 2. Franciscan church and convent, Querétaro, sixteenth to eighteenth centuries 98 3. Santa Clara Convent, Querétaro, seventeenth to eighteenth centuries 113 4. San Juan de Rayas mine, Guanajuato, seventeenth century 133 5. San Juan de Rayas mine complex, eighteenth century 172 6. Canal family mansion, San Miguel el Grande, eighteenth century 185 7. Oratorio de San Felipe Neri, San Miguel el Grande, eighteenth century 186 8. Atotonilco Sanctuary, north of San Miguel el Grande, eighteenth century 188 9. Christ Crucified, interior of Atotonilco Sanctuary, north of San Miguel, eighteenth century 188 10. Querétaro aqueduct, eighteenth century 202 11. Valenciana mine complex, Guanajuato, eighteenth century 306 x maps and illusTraTions 12. Guadalupe mine and refinery, Valenciana complex, Guanajuato, eighteenth century 307 13. Workers’ entrance, Valenciana mine, Guanajuato, eighteenth century 309 14. Rancho de la Venta, La Griega, east of Querétaro, eighteenth century 371 15. Granary, Labor de Santa María, Puerto de Nieto, east of San Miguel, eighteenth century 385 16. Irrigated fields, Labor de Santa María, Puerto de Nieto, east of San Miguel, eighteenth century 386 17. Church of Our Lady of Pueblito, east of Querétaro, eighteenth century 425 18. Image of Our Lady of Pueblito, modern window on eighteenthcentury church at Pueblito 426 19. Temple of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Querétaro, seventeenth to eighteenth centuries 434 ...

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