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The narrative of Cabeza de Vaca / Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz.
LIBRA - Special 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.
- Explorers--America--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Indians of North America.
- America.
- Explorers--Spain--Biography.
- Spain.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- Discoveries in geography.
- America--Early accounts to 1600.
- Indians of North America--Southwestern States.
- Ontdekkingsreizen.
- Amerika.
- Mexico.
- Midden-Amerika.
- Discoveries in geography--Spanish.
- United States--Southwestern States.
- Local Subjects:
- Ontdekkingsreizen.
- Amerika.
- Mexico.
- Midden-Amerika.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Early works.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a mannner seldom seen in writings of the period."
- "In this English-language edition, reproduced from their award-winning three-volume set, Adorno and Pautz supplement the engrossing account with a general introduction that orients the reader to Cabeza de Vaca's world. They also provide explanatory notes, which resolve many of the narrative's most perplexing questions. This highly readable translation fires the imagination and illuminates the enduring appeal of Cabeza de Vaca's experience for a modern audience."--Jacket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, 16th cent. Relación y comentarios. English. Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca.
- ISBN:
- 0803215282
- 9780803215283
- 080326416X
- 9780803264168
- OCLC:
- 50314779
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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