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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Biography

Explorer

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, born around 1490, was an explorer known for his expeditions in the Americas, particularly in Mexico and parts of South America.

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Book:Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

Source: Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

“One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet.”

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Book:The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative

Source: The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative

“Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land.”

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Book:The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative

Source: The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative

“All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.”

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Book:The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative

Source: The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative

About the Author

Born: 1490
Known for: Explorer
Quotes: 4

Books & Sources

The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrativeRelated source material

Chronicle of the Narvaez ExpeditionRelated source material

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