Description
Book SynopsisIn November 1528, almost a century before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the remnants of a Spanish expedition reached the Gulf Coast of Texas. By July 1536, eight years later, álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490-1559) and three other survivors had walked 2,500 miles from Texas, across northern Mexico, to Sonora and ultimately to Mexico City.
Trade Reviewálvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is a sixteenth-century phenomenon - equal parts explorer, medicine man, and empire builder. Robin Varnum has written a masterful and highly readable account of Cabeza de Vaca's adventures in both North and South America."" - Andrés Reséndez, author of
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca""Overall, this is a fine book, meticulously researched and well written… this volume is an excellent supplement to introductory textbooks covering early American and Latin American history, and deserves shelf space at any academic library."" -
Central Texas Studies: Journal of the Central Texas Historical Association Volume 1 and Volume 2
