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(pdf version). Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (English translation from 1961) The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528–1536, hosted by the Portal to Texas History; Naufragios de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca at Project Gutenberg (in Spanish) Resources
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca wrote about the Akokisa in 1528, ... Studies in Spanish colonial history and administration ...
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This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas history. [18] Between 1528 and 1535, four survivors of the Narváez expedition, including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico, spent six and a half years in Texas as slaves and traders among various native groups. Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to explore the interior of Texas.
The approximate route of the Narváez expedition from Santo Domingo. From Galveston in November 1528, Cabeza de Vaca, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza and Estevanico traveled for eight years on foot across the Southwest, accompanied by Indians, until reaching present-day Mexico City in 1536.
Estevanico (c. 1500 –1539), also known as Mustafa Azemmouri and Esteban de Dorantes and Estevanico the Moor, was the first person of African descent to explore North America. He was one of the last four survivors of the Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado.
Portrait of adelantado [note 1] Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who introduced the India Juliana in a 1545 account presented to the Council of the Indies.. Although the historical references about the India Juliana are brief, they establish a strong counterpoint with the more usual representations of Guaraní women in the early-colonial sources of the Río de la Plata region. [3]
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca appointed governor. 1543-44: War over the location of the seat of government breaks out. Vaca moves towards Lima, is defeated by natives and returns to Spain. Irala is re-appointed governor. 1544 - 1555: Irala modernizes Paraguay by introducing agriculture and local industry.