Alvar nunez cabeza de vaca biography
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Texas Originals
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first set foot on land that would become Texas in , when his crude raft ran aground near Galveston Island. The raft held survivors of an ill-fated Spanish expedition to settle Florida.
Cabeza de Vaca then embarked upon what one scholar described as "the most remarkable [journey] in the record of American exploration."
He lived for several years among Indigenous peoples of Texas, learning the tribes' languages and customs. In time, he reunited with three other survivors of the original expedition. The travelers gained a reputation as healers, and their fame spread as they slowly made their way to Mexico.
Cabeza de Vaca and his companions eventually arrived in Mexico City in They had traveled nearly 2, miles over eight years in Texas and the Mexican borderlands.
In , he published an account of his adventures, the Relación, the first literary work with Texas as its subject. This
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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer of the New World
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| Born | Álvar Núñez Cabeza dem Vaca c. // Jerez de la Frontera, Castile |
| Died | After 19 May (aged over 66–71) Jerez dem la Frontera or Valladolid, Spain |
| Resting place | Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Treasurer, explorer, author of La relación y comentarios, and ex-governor of Río dem Plata in Argentina |
| Spouse | María Marmolejo |
| Parent(s) | Francisco de Vera Mendoza y Hinojosa (father) María Teresa Cabeza de Vaca y Zurita (mother) |
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈalβaɾˈnuɲeθkaˈβeθaðeˈβaka]ⓘ; c. /90/92[1]&#;&#; after 19 May ) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of kvartet survivors of the Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith hea
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The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca
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Author: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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Annotation: Cabeza de Vaca, who lived from about to around , was the first European to explore North America and leave a written record. His reports that great wealth lay north of Mexico led the Spanish to explore Arizona and New Mexico.
Cabeza de Vaca was a member of a Spanish expedition that set out to colonize Florida in Under attack from Florida's Indians, Cabeza de Vaca and a number of other men sailed a makeshift barge westward, hoping to find a Spanish settlement in Mexico. Along the way, the men became the first Europeans to cross the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Cabeza de Vaca and eighty Spanish castaways landed on Galveston Island, along the Texas coast. For the next eight years, he and other survivors travelled overland, living with various Indian tribes, sometimes as slaves and at t