Book about cabeza de vaca

Although the original joint report remains lost, a version of it was paraphrased and published in 1547 by the wellknown historian gonzalo fernando oviedo y valdez in his book entitled. Adventures in the unknown interior of america by alvar nunez. Chronicle of the narvaez expedition by alvar nunez cabeza. He and some of his men travelled east from tampa bay through todays texas to new mexico, and then down western mexico. These narratives were collected and published in 1542 in spain. His account of this epic trek between florida and mexico 152736 was later published in spain 1542. This book is the report of the trip he sent to the spanish king, in his own words. It took 8 years of wandering, mostly without clothes, from tribe to tribe, most of whom were starving.

It tells the story of the first nonindigenous people to visit a large part of the presentday united states and mexico and documents their first contacts with a number of precolumbian native american tribes. American trailblazer by robin varnum, university of oklahoma press, 368 pages the first lines of a book are usually a clue as to how good the rest of the book will be. Includes a play in four acts, background information, discussion questions, and extension activities. Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the amazon influencer program. It was a text combining geography, anthropology, and adventure. His account of the disastrous first european exploration of the american southwest, and the shipwrecked men great journeys, and more on. He is considered to be the first black explorer of north america. Once you get used to the typography of the original it is not difficult to discern the words and if. His account of the disastrous first european exploration of the american southwest. I knew nothing about the subject and boy, was it fascinating. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first europeans and the firstknown african to encounter the. During eight years of traveling across the us southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various native american tribes before reconnecting with spanish colonial forces in mexico in 1536.