Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca SetHis Account, His Life, and the Expedition of Panfilo de Narvaez |
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| Author:
| Adorno, Rolena
Pautz, Patrick C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-1454-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 1999 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $471.90 |
Book Description:
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#65533;lvar N#65533;#65533;ez Cabeza de Vaca's account of the doomed Narvaez expedition to the vast unexplored lands beyond the northern frontier of New Spain has long been heralded as the quintessential tale of the European confronting the wilderness of North America. His account offers a glimpse of areas of Gulf coastal Texas and northeastern Mexico that would not be visited again by Europeans for over 150 years.
#65533;lvar N#65533;#65533;ez Cabeza de Vaca's account of the doomed Narvaez expedition to the vast unexplored lands beyond the northern frontier of New Spain has long been heralded as the quintessential tale of the European confronting the wilderness of North America. His account offers a glimpse of areas of Gulf coastal Texas and northeastern Mexico that would not be visited again by Europeans for over 150 years.