The Relación de Michoacán (1539-1541) and the Politics of Representation in Colonial MexicoThe Relacin de Michoacn (15391541) is one of the earliest surviving illustrated manuscripts from colonial Mexico. Commissioned by the Spanish viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, the Relacin was produced by a Franciscan friar together with indigenous noble informants and anonymous native artists who created its forty four illustrations. To this day, the Relacin remains the primary source for studying the pre Columbian practices and history of the people known