Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Zia Book)
by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
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Author: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De VacaTranslator: Cyclone Covey
Edition: Paperback
Audio: Spanish (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1983-04-01
ISBN: 082630656X
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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Book Review: Harrowing, must-read classic--to Mexico from Florida in 1528
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never heard of Cabeza De Vaca until I chanced across this book. This is Cabeza De Vaca's story of how he, among two hundred Spanish soldiers, was shipwrecked in Florida in 1528. This harrowing but fascinating story tells about the walk to the nearest Spanish outpost--in Mexico.It takes years, of course, and along the way, Cabeza De Vaca is sometimes treated as a slave and sometimes as a medicine man by the Indians he encounters. When he arrives in Mexico, he is accompanied only by a large troupe of Indians--everyone else is dead. And the Indians with him are immediately enslaved themselves. He spent the rest of his life battling to help the Indians.
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