In 1761 Ilarione da Bergamo, a Capuchin friar, journeyed to Mexico
to gather alms for foreign missions. After harrowing voyages across
the Mediterranean and Atlantic, he reached Mexico City in 1763. His
account reveals the squalor, crime, and other perils in the
viceregal capital, and details daily life: food, public hygiene,
sexual morality, medical practices, and popular diversions. His
observations about religious life are particularly valuable.
Ilarione also describes mining and refining techniques, recounts a
bitter and bloody miners' strike, and recalls traveling across
bandit-infested wilderness to Guadalajara.
After his return to Italy, Ilarione wrote an account of his
journey, published here for the first time in English. The editors
have liberally annotated the text, written an introduction about
Ilarione's life and the historical context of his journey, and
included more than a dozen of Fra Ilarione's original drawings,
including maps and sketches of Mexican flora. "Daily Life in
Colonial Mexico" is a welcome addition to the firsthand literature
of New Spain.
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