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The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest

The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest

By: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

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Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned — after covering about 6,000 miles in the course of eight harrowing years. Cabeza de Vaca's incredible account of his 1528-1536 expedition of what is now the southern and southwestern United States and northern Mexico is unparalleled in the history of exploration. The first European to see and report sightings of the buffalo and the Mississippi River, he presents a narrative that crackles with excitement and suspense, from interactions with friendly and hostile Indians and observations on their culture, to passionate descriptions of the pristine beauty of the American wilderness.

Reprint of Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America, Collier Books, New York, 1961.
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ISBN 100486431800
ISBN 139780486431802
Author/EditorAlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
FormatBook
Page Count160
Dimensions5 1/2 x 8 1/2

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