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Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary (review)

Read highlights some significant issues, and she raises important questions. Among criticisms, it is strange that the book is entitled Aztec Cosmos when Read herself recognizes that the term "Aztec" is inaccurate. Read is to be congratulated on her concern for detail, "Aztecs" notwithstanding. Yet, there are some curious conventions which she uses in the work. One is the spelling to Tecuciztecatl, the noble young god who became the moon. For reasons which are unclear, Read spells this "Tecuiciztecatl." The use of a "c" before "i" is indeed curious. When Nahuatl was transcribed in the sixteenth century, the friars used the "c" in those contexts where the "z" sound was needed but where the letter was followed by "a," "o," or "u", considered hard vowels in Spanish. Consequently having a "§' before an "i" is inconsistent with the traditional orthography. Moreover, Tecuciztecatl and Tecuiciztecatl are pronounced differently and have different underlying meanings. The author also has the disconcerting habit of putting common words in italics for emphasis. This is especially true of the word "death." It frankly becomes excessive and consequently detracts from the important conclusions the author brings us.