by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423987788
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«Naufragios y comentarios» is the exploration chronicle by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, published by Espasa in paperback (355 pages, in Spanish).
Cabeza de Vaca narrates in the first person the 1527 expedition to Florida and the long journey of the shipwrecked survivors through what is now the southwestern United States and Mexico; the account covers the hardships of the voyage, contact with various indigenous peoples, and a European's view of unknown lands and cultures.
For readers interested in the history of the exploration of the Americas and in travel narratives.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is today the Southwestern United States, he became a trader, evangelist, and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536.
