Note 59 — Grau y Monfalcon’s Informatory Memorial of 1637 (continued 2)
James Alexander Robertson translation
Evidently meaning the silk produced in Misteca (Miztecapan), a province of Nueva España, now part of the state of Oajaca. This industry appears to have been introduced there in consequence of a suggestion by the viceroy Montesclaros in 1612 (see Vol. XVII, p. 219).