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The journey and ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca : his account of the disastrous first European exploration of the American Southwest / Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ; translated and edited by Cyclone Covey.
LIBRA E125.N9 A3 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Relación y comentarios. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century.
- Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar.
- Indians of North America.
- History.
- Explorers.
- Discoveries in geography.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- America.
- Southwest, New--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- Southwest, New.
- Explorers--America--Biography.
- New Southwest.
- Explorers--Southwest, New--Biography.
- Explorers--Spain--Biography.
- Spain.
- America--Early accounts to 1600.
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--History--16th century.
- Southwest, New--Description and travel.
- Southwest, New--History--To 1848.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 152 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2003.
- Summary:
- Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned -- after covering about 6,000 miles in the course of eight harrowing years. Cabeza de Vaca's incredible account of the 1528-1536 expedition to what is now the southern and southwestern United States and northern Mexico is unparalleled in the history of exploration. The first European to see and report sightings of the buffalo and the Mississippi River, Cabeza de Vaca recounts his exploits in a narrative crackling with excitement and suspense. He interacts with friendly and hostile Indians and offers observations on their culture, rhapsodizes over the pristine beauty of the American wilderness, and delivers literature's first description of the might and devastation of a West Indies hurricane. One of history's greatest true adventure stories, this chronicle offers firsthand information on American Indian life before European influence. Professor Cyclone Covey's outstanding translation represents the definitive edition of Cabeza de Vaca's odyssey, incorporating all of the latest historic research from the expedition's still-traceable route over Indian trails.
- Contents:
- Proem 25
- 1 The Sailing of the Armada 27
- 2 The Governor's Arrival at Xagua with a Pilot 30
- 3 Our Landing in Florida 31
- 4 Our Penetration of the Country 32
- 5 The Governor's Leave-Taking 35
- 6 The Entry into Apalachen 39
- 7 The Character of the Country 39
- 8 Adventures in and out of Apalachen 40
- 9 The Ominous Note at Aute 43
- 10 Our Departure from Aute 44
- 11 The Building of the Barges and Our Departure from the Bay 45
- 12 The First Month at Sea after Departing the Bay of Horses 47
- 13 Treachery in the Night Ashore 49
- 14 The Disappearance of the Greek 50
- 15 The Indian Assault and the Arrival at a Great River 51
- 16 The Splitting-Up of the Flotilla 52
- 17 A Sinking and a Landing 54
- 18 What Befell Oviedo with the Indians 55
- 19 The Indians' Hospitality before and after a New Calamity 56
- 20 News of Other Christians 58
- 21 Why We Named the Island "Doom" 60
- 22 The Malhado Way of Life 61
- 23 How We Became Medicine-Men 64
- 24 My Years as a Wandering Merchant 65
- 25 The Journey to the Great Bay 68
- 26 The Coming of the Indians with Dorantes, Castillo, and Estevanico 69
- 27 The Story of What Had Happened to the Others 71
- 28 Figueroa's Further Story of What Had Happened to the Others 73
- 29 Last Up-Dating on the Fate of the Others 76
- 30 The Life of the Mariames and Yguaces 78
- 31 The Tribal Split and News of the Remaining Barge 82
- 32 Our Escape 84
- 33 Our Success with Some of the Afflicted and My Narrow Escape 85
- 34 More Cures 87
- 35 The Story of the Visitation of Mr. Badthing 89
- 36 Our Life among the Avavares and Arbadaos 91
- 37 Our Pushing On 93
- 38 Customs of that Region 94
- 39 Indian Warfare 95
- 40 An Enumeration of the Nations and Tongues 98
- 41 A Smoke; a Tea; Women and Eunuchs 99
- 42 Four Fresh Receptions 100
- 43 A Strange New Development 103
- 44 Rabbit Hunts and Processions of Thousands 106
- 45 My Famous Operation in the Mountain Country 108
- 46 The Severe Month's March to the Great River 111
- 47 The Cow People 115
- 48 The Long Swing-Around 117
- 49 The Town of Hearts 121
- 50 The Buckle and the Horseshoe Nail 122
- 51 The First Confrontation 125
- 52 The Falling-Out with Our Countrymen 127
- 53 The Parley at Culiacan 130
- 54 The Great Transformation 132
- 55 Arrival in Mexico City 134
- 56 My Voyage Home 135
- 57 What Became of the Others Who Went to the Indies 138.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0486431800
- OCLC:
- 52962849
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