Cabeza de Vaca Book order

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, an explorer of the New World, endured the harrowing Narváez expedition of 1527, emerging as one of its four survivors. His subsequent eight years traversing the American Southwest transformed him into a trader and a healer among various Native American tribes. This profound journey culminated in his reconnection with Spanish colonial forces in Mexico and, upon returning to Spain, his detailed account of these experiences. Celebrated as a proto-anthropologist, his writings offer invaluable, early ethnographic insights into the diverse indigenous cultures he encountered.