We came naked and barefoot : the journey of Cabeza de Vaca across North America / Alex D. Krieger ; edited by Margery H. Krieger ; foreword and afterword by Thomas R. Hester.
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 Texa...
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Main Author: |
Krieger, Alex D. (Alex Dony), 1911-1991 |
Other Authors: |
Krieger, Margery H.,
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century,
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557 |
Format: | eBook
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Language: | English Spanish |
Published: |
Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2002.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Series: | Texas archaeology and ethnohistory series.
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Online Access: | Click for online access
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