Gaspar Antonio Chi
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Gaspar Antonio Chi was a Maya
noble
of Mani
. Gaspar Antonio was of the Chi chibal (lineage) through his father Napuc Chi
, and the Xiu
chibal through his mother, Ix Kukil Xiu. He worked primarily as a translator between Spanish
and Maya, and is thought to have been an important source of information for Diego de Landa
in writing his Relación de las cosas de Yucatán
.
Maya peoples
The Maya people constitute a diverse range of the Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term...
noble
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
of Mani
Maní, Yucatán
Maní is a small city and surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is about 100 km to the south south-east of Mérida, Yucatán, some 16 km east of Ticul....
. Gaspar Antonio was of the Chi chibal (lineage) through his father Napuc Chi
Napuc Chi
Napuc Chi , often known by his title Ah Kin Chi was a Yucatec Maya noble from Maní. Other names used in source texts for this individual include Chi Ah Kin and Kinchil Coba...
, and the Xiu
Xiu
Xiu is a Chinese language web site for online shopping, operated in the People's Republic of China.Founded by Mr. Ji Wenhong and Mr. Jin Huang in March 2008, it's a vertical e-commerce company, offering middle to luxury brand name fashion products - clothing, shoes, bags, ornaments, cosmetics and...
chibal through his mother, Ix Kukil Xiu. He worked primarily as a translator between Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Maya, and is thought to have been an important source of information for Diego de Landa
Diego de Landa
Diego de Landa Calderón was a Spanish Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings, which contain much valuable information on pre-Columbian Maya civilization, and his actions which destroyed much of that civilization's...
in writing his Relación de las cosas de Yucatán
Relacíon de las cosas de Yucatán
Relación de las cosas de Yucatán was written by Diego de Landa Calderón circa 1566 shortly after his return to Spain after serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán in the sixteenth century...
.