On The Texas Trail Of Cabeza De Vaca
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Author | : Peter Lourie |
Publisher | : Boyds Mills Press |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781590784921 |
In 1527, the conquistador Cabeza de Vaca set sail for the Spanish territory of La Florida. His aim was to explore and colonize an unknown land that stretched from present-day Florida to Texas.
Author | : Albert Calvin Williams |
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1939 |
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Author | : Oscar Waldo Williams |
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : North America |
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Author | : Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca |
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Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : America |
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Author | : Lynn Peppas |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 9781477709337 |
"Shipwrecked in a hostile land, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca spent nine years walking across southern North America in search of rescue. In this riveting tale of miraculous survival, Cabeza de Vaca becomes one [of] the first Europeans to witness the beauty and danger of the Texas landscape"--Page 4 of cover.
Author | : Alvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de Vaca |
Publisher | : Arte Publico Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1993-02-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781611920475 |
The Account: çlvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de VacaÕs Relaci—n, edited and translated by JosŽ Fern‡ndez and Martin Favata, is a new and improved translation of Spanish explorer çlvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de VacaÕs chronicle of his amazing journey across a large portion of what is now the United States. The Account is one of the earliest chronicles of Spanish penetration into North America. His journey (1528-1536) of hardship and misfortune is one of the most remarkable in the history of the New World and contains many first descriptions of the lands and their inhabitants. The Account, first published in Zamora, Spain, in 1542, is of inestimable value for students of history and literature, ethnographers, anthropologists and the general reader. It is also one of the most remarkable literary documents for the style, clarity and sense of drama in the narratorÕs extraordinary effort to comprehend a totally new and marvelous world.
Author | : Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2020-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0803278330 |
This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this English-language edition, reproduced from their award-winning three-volume set, Adorno and Pautz supplement the engrossing account with a general introduction that orients the reader to Cabeza de Vaca's world. They also provide explanatory notes, which resolve many of the narrative's most perplexing questions. This highly readable translation fires the imagination and illuminates the enduring appeal of Cabeza de Vaca's experience for a modern audience.
Author | : Lawrence D Sharp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2021-03-27 |
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A useful addition to leterature on the fascinating story of Cabeza de Vaca, the Robinson Crusoe of Texas With his companions, he was the first non-native to explore Texas as he went from one village to another offering his healing services and prayers. The natives also taught him to barter with seashells and cane sticks so he could be a merchant. Later, his work as a físico, along with his optimistic faith, enabled him to make his way to the corner of New Spain in northwestern Mexico. Passing from village to village he explored unknown lands, saw many people cured, made peace among enemies, and left a favorable legacy among the native people that lasted for decades.
Author | : Donald E. Chipman |
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Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : America |
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Author | : Alex D. Krieger |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 491 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0292779895 |
Second place, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 2003 Perhaps no one has ever been such a survivor as álvar 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 the west coast of Florida, an open-boat crossing of the Gulf of Mexico, shipwreck on the Texas coast, six years of captivity among native peoples, and an arduous, overland journey in which he and the three other remaining survivors of the original expedition walked some 1,500 miles from the central Texas coast to the Gulf of California, then another 1,300 miles to Mexico City. The story of Cabeza de Vaca has been told many times, beginning with his own account, Relación de los naufragios, which was included and amplified in Gonzalo Fernando de Oviedo y Váldez's Historia general de las Indias. Yet the route taken by Cabeza de Vaca and his companions remains the subject of enduring controversy. In this book, Alex D. Krieger correlates the accounts in these two primary sources with his own extensive knowledge of the geography, archaeology, and anthropology of southern Texas and northern Mexico to plot out stage by stage the most probable route of the 2,800-mile journey of Cabeza de Vaca. This book consists of several parts, foremost of which is the original English version of Alex Krieger's dissertation (edited by Margery Krieger), in which he traces the route of Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from the coast of Texas to Spanish settlements in western Mexico. This document is rich in information about the native groups, vegetation, geography, and material culture that the companions encountered. Thomas R. Hester's foreword and afterword set the 1955 dissertation in the context of more recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries, some of which have supported Krieger's plot of the journey. Margery Krieger's preface explains how she prepared her late husband's work for publication. Alex Krieger's original translations of the Cabeza de Vaca and Oviedo accounts round out the volume.