Hulings, William Empson
In 1790, when Viceroy Juan Vicente de Güemas Pacheco de Padilla, conde de Revilla Gigedo ordered the resurfacing of the Zócalo in Mexico City, the governmental plaza, he had little idea that his municipal project would lead to the greatest archaeological discoveries of eighteenth century Mexico, the statue of Coatlicue (feathered skirt) and the Great Aztec Sun Stone.
The key figure in these discoveries was Antonio de Leon y Gama, an astronomer born in Mexico City in 1735. Studying at the College de San Ildefonso, Leon y Gama read widely in contemporary European astronomy, eventually earning a position on the faculty at the new Schools of Mines based in part on his Descripcion Orthographica Universal del Eclipse del Sol del Dia 24 de Junio de 1778 (Mexico, 1778). Leon y Gama later published on the aurora borealis and on medical topics.
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