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Cabeza de Vaca

Brutal Journey, The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America

Brutal Journey, The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America


by Paul Schneider

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Schneider interweaves Cabeza de Vaca's eyewitness account with secondary sources to recreate the fascinating history of a doomed 6,000-mile, eight-year Spanish expedtion from Tampa Bay to the Sinaloa on the western coast of Mexico on the heels of Cortes in 1528. Only a handful survived. (NAM35, $16.99)

Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America

Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America


by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

The epic story of a 16-the century conquistador lost in the American wilderness. Only a handful of men survived the eight-year trek across America from Tampa Bay to Sinaloa, Mexico. (SWU40, $24.95)

A Land So Strange, the Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca


by Andre Resendez

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

The remarkable story of four castaways, the only survivors of a 1528 conquistador expedition, who undertook a journey from Florida to the Pacific. In their 8-year journey, they explored strange lands, traversed the Gulf of Mexico by raft, and spent time as slaves in Texas. (USA178, $16.95)

 

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