Home›Open Questions›What became of Martín Ocelotl after he was shipped to Spain in 1537?Open QuestionsWhat became of Martín Ocelotl after he was shipped to Spain in 1537?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What became of Martín Ocelotl after he was shipped to Spain in 1537?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-became-of-martin-ocelotl-after-he-was-shipped-to-spain-in-1537.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What became of Martín Ocelotl after he was shipped to Spain in 1537?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-became-of-martin-ocelotl-after-he-was-shipped-to-spain-in-1537Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-became-of-mart-n-ocelotl-after-he-w, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What became of Martín Ocelotl after he was shipped to Spain in 1537?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-became-of-martin-ocelotl-after-he-was-shipped-to-spain-in-1537}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe trial file ends at the sentence of confiscation and perpetual exile. No arrival record, prison register or burial entry in Spain has been shown to name him, and no later Mexican document mentions him. The story that the ship carrying him was lost at sea circulates in secondary accounts without a document behind it. Nobody has taken a position on his fate, because there is nothing to take a position on.What would resolve this A search of the Casa de la Contratación records in Seville for the sailing that carried him, and of the registers of the religious houses and prisons to which exiled offenders of the period were sent. The relevant Seville material is catalogued and has not been searched for this purpose.OpenSpanish colonial archival history; Nahuatl palaeographyRichard E. Greenleaf, Zumárraga and the Mexican Inquisition, 1536-1543Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnMartín Ocelotl, Historical Figures Well-attested Source Zumárraga and the Mexican Inquisition, 1536-1543Richard E. Greenleaftier 1SourcesZumárraga and the Mexican Inquisition, 1536-1543tier 1Richard E. Greenleaf, Academy of American Franciscan History, 1961Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year