Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez
1490? - Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was born this year; he was an early Spanish explorer of the New World.
Explored the U.S. states of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona on foot from coastal Louisiana to Sinaloa, Mexico.
1537 - He went on to Mexico City and returned to Europe.
1540 - Appointed governor of Río de la Plata, in what is now Paraguay, Argentina and surroundings.
1542 - He wrote about his experiences in a report for Emperor Charles V and was published this year.
1545 - Political intrigue against him caused his arrest in Asunción and return to Spain.
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Zia Book) by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca (Paperback - Apr 1, 1983) Cabeza de Vaca came to the New world in 1527 as part of a Spanish expedition to conquer the region north of the Gulf of Mexico. His exploration party lost contact with their ships, set out northward...  In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition (Penguin Classics) by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca (Paperback - Jun 25, 2002) This riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (Paperback - Jan 9, 2004) Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover North America, only four returned. Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1528-1536 expedition crackles with excitement, relating the survivors' journey...  |
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We Came Naked and Barefoot: The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca across North America (Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series) by Alex D. Krieger (Hardcover - Mar 1, 2002) Perhaps no one has ever been such a survivor asÃlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Member of a 600-man expedition sent out from Spain to colonize "La Florida" in 1527, he survived a failed exploration of... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Conquistador in Chains: Cabeza de Vaca and the Indians of the Americas by David A. Howard (Paperback - Dec 30, 1996) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Naufragios (Intemporales) by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (Paperback - Nov 13, 2007) Con la idea de igualar los exitos de Hernan Cortes, en 1527 se embarco la expedicion que mas adelante se conoceria como la "expedicion del fracaso", y que se proponia conquistar Florida. Formaba... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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