Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real an haife shi a 1551 a Castilla la Nueva kuma yana ɗan shekara 15 ya shiga gidan zuhudu na San Francisco a Toledo.
Lokacin da "culturicida" Diego de Landa ya zo karo na biyu zuwa New Spain a matsayin bishop na Yucatán, ya kawo ƙungiyar Franciscans wanda Antonio ya zo a cikinsu kamar ƙungiyar mawaƙa; sun sauka a watan Oktoba 1573 a Campeche. Halinmu ya faɗi a Yucatán, inda ya koyi yaren Mayan cikin sauƙi.
A watan Satumba na 1584, babban kwamishina Alonso Ponce de León, baƙo na lardunan Franciscan, ya isa Mexico. A cikin shekaru biyar da ya kasance a nan, har zuwa Yuni 1589, magatakardarsa shine Ciudad Real kuma tare suka yi tafiya daga Nayarit zuwa Nicaragua, wanda yawancin balaguronsu na tsaunukan Mexico ya yi fice. Game da wannan lokacin na shekaru biyar ya rubuta a cikin mutum na uku mai son sanin da koya Yarjejeniyar kan girman Sabuwar Spain; an rubuta shi a kusan 1590, kodayake bai ga hasken jama'a ba sai a 1872, a Madrid. A cikin 1603 an zabe shi lardin umarni na shi, ya mutu a Mérida a ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1617.
Mafi yawan labarai daga Ciudad Real. "A cikin babban gidan zuhudun Santa Clara 'an ajiye wani abu daga kafar ɗayan budurwa dubu goma sha ɗaya. Kuma game da abubuwan tarihi, a cikin gidan zuhudu na Xochimilco “akwai bututu a hannu ɗaya na Saint Sebastian mai albarka; bar Rome da tabbatattun shaidu kuma ka tsare kanka cikin baka a bangon cocin ”.
Manufar tafiyar ta cika. Ponce da sakatarensa sun ziyarci majami'u 166 a lardunan Franciscan guda shida da Dominicans takwas, 'yan Agusta biyar da uku na Jesuit. Kodayake dalilin ziyarar shine irin wannan ziyarar, littafin Ciudad na Real littafi ne na gaskiya wanda ke tattara kimiyar ilimin halayyar dan adam, ilimin dabbobi, ilimin tsirrai da sauran bayanai na yanayi daban-daban.
Misali, masanin kimiyyar jinsi na iya zurfafa shiga cikin bukukuwan gargajiya da raye-raye na Bajío na ƙarshen karni na goma sha shida, tuni mestizo, daga wannan aikin: “An yi masa kyakkyawar tarba, wasu Indiyawa ma suna barin dawakai suna cutar da su saboda sanya shi liyafa. ; Akwai ramadas da yawa da tsuntsaye masu rai kala-kala rataye a kansu […] Wasu Indiyawa sun fito a kan dawakai, hanya mai nisa kafin na iso, wasu kuma da yawa a kafa, suna ihu da kururuwa kamar Chichimecas, kuma rawa na nakasassun Negroes sun fito, kuma wani Ba'indiye da wasa wanda suke kira da del palo ”.
Littafin ya kuma samar da wadatattun abubuwa ga masu binciken ilimin paremiological, kamar yadda Antonio de Ciudad Real ya kasance mai yawan magana. Waɗannan samfuran da na zaɓa daga aikinsa suna da amfani: “Su ne waɗanda suke wankin ulu kuma komai ya munana ga tulun; Ku zo da babban sanda; Babu gajerar hanya ba tare da aiki ba; Nama da Kashi; Inda inda mai ita yake ba, to anan makoki yake; Kadan ne a rashi adalci. Wanda bai yi kama ba, ya halaka; Duel na sauran mutane ya rataye; Faɗakar da tutocin da aka buɗe; Fita daga akwatunan su; Nuna kafada da kirji; Sun kasance a cikin su goma sha uku; Faduwa tuni kan rigar; Bada ka karba; Abubuwan da aka bari tsakanin layuka; Ya taka leda a maɓalli ɗaya; Kuka da idanuna; Yi gyara kuma yi sabon littafi; Kurma sosai; A zuciyarsa yana son yin hukunci a kan ɗayan; Barawon yana zaton cewa duk suna daga cikin yanayinsa; Ku tafi tare da shi; Dakata; Wani kogi ya juya wa masunta riba; da Rayuwa cikin walwala ”.
Jigogi game da Zoologic su ma sun fi son wannan Franciscan mai ban sha'awa: cewa ɗakunan da ke cikin tafkunan Kwarin na Meziko “Indiyawa suna farautar su da sha'awar ban mamaki, kuma hakan shi ne cewa suna kewaye da babban ɓangaren tafkin inda za su kwana a cikin ciyawar ciyawa da ciyawa. , tare da raga-raga kan sanduna ana korarsu kadan, kuma da safe kafin gari ya waye, suna tsoratar da agwagwan da ke kwana a wurin, kuma yayin da za su tashi sama sai a kamo su da kafafun cikin raga.
Cewa a wuri guda “ana fitar da ƙudaje masu yawa kamar yadda tururuwa ko tsutsotsi, waɗanda Indiyawa ke sayarwa a kasuwanni don ciyar da tsuntsayen da Sifen da ma Indiyawan suka yi a Mexico, kuma suna kama waɗannan ƙudajen [ …] Tare da wasu raga a sassan da lagoon bai yi zurfin ba, wanda daga ciki kuma sukan ɗauki ƙwai ƙwai da yawa na ƙuda (ahuaucles), wanda daga ciki suke yin wasu naman da za su ci kuma suna da daɗi sosai ”.
Wannan kusa da Autlán "kunama mai dafi da kwari masu tashi da sauran ƙazanta da azaba masu zafi, wanda […] Allah ya ba da magani mai ban mamaki, kuma garken tururuwa da suke kira masu isowa suke zuwa wannan ƙauye lokaci-lokaci, kuma Suna shiga cikin gidajen, kuma ba tare da cutar da wani gida ba suna hawa zuwa rufin kuma daga gare su kuma daga ramuka suna jefa matattu, kunamai da kwari nawa suke rufewa, kuma bayan wannan a cikin wani gida suna zuwa wani don yin hakan, kuma daga can ga wani kuma ga wasu kuma ta haka ne suke tsarkake su duka ”.
Bambancin bayanai game da Ciudad Real ya ci gaba: Wannan a tsaunin Chapultepec "mutum-mutumi da siffa ta Moctezuma an sassaka shi kuma an sassaka shi." Cewa ayaba Dominican ana kiranta saboda an kawo ta daga tsibirin Santo Domingo. Cewa ruwan zafi na Peñón de los Baños, wanda har yanzu ya wanzu a yau, an riga an yi amfani dashi don dalilai na magani. Cewa an ketare Kogin Acaponeta a tsattsauran rami tare da gulbin daji kamar shawagi, kamar yadda yake a Kogin Balsas, a cikin jihar Guerrero.
Ciudad Real ya bayyana kangon Uxmal da Chichén Itzá; Ya ziyarci maɓuɓɓugan ruwan zafi na garin Puebla da ƙaramar dutsen mai fitad da wuta wanda yake yanzu birni ne; ya tsara duwatsu waɗanda ke da magani; Ya yi mamakin kwale-kwalen da ke cikin rafin Chapala lagoon, tare da shawagi mai zaman kansa na ruwan da ya ratsa tsakanin ƙafafunsu; ya ga "nutsewar rami" na San Cristóbal, yau Las Casas, inda kogi ya ɓace; yana tunatar da mu cewa wasu hanyoyi na auna nisan sune jifa jifa, harbi da igiya, da harbi mai ban tsoro. "Wasan sandar" wanda ya ba Hernán Cortés mamaki, har ya tura wasu indan asalin ƙasar zuwa Spain waɗanda suka aikata shi, wannan masanin tarihin ya bayyana dalla-dalla.
