Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca American Trailblazer |
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| Author:
| Varnum, Robin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4497-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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In July 1536, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490-1559) and three other survivors walked 2,500 miles from Texas, across northern Mexico, to Sonora and ultimately to Mexico City. Cabeza de Vaca's account of this astonishing journey is now recognized as one of the great travel stories of all time. Robin Varnum's biography, the first single-volume cradle-to-grave account of the explorer's life in eighty years, tells the rest of the story.
In July 1536, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490-1559) and three other survivors walked 2,500 miles from Texas, across northern Mexico, to Sonora and ultimately to Mexico City. Cabeza de Vaca's account of this astonishing journey is now recognized as one of the great travel stories of all time. Robin Varnum's biography, the first single-volume cradle-to-grave account of the explorer's life in eighty years, tells the rest of the story.