We came naked and barefoot : the journey of Cabeza de Vaca across North America / Alex D. Krieger ; edited by Margery H. Krieger ; foreword and afterword by Thomas R. Hester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krieger, Alex D. (Alex Dony), 1911-1991.

Contributor:

Krieger, Margery H.

Series:

Texas archaeology and ethnohistory series.

Texas archaeology and ethnohistory series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--History--16th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--History--16th century.

Natural history--North America.

Natural history.

Natural history--Southwest, New.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

America.

America--Early works to 1800.

North America--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

North America.

Southwest, New--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Southwest, New.

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century--Travel--North America.

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar.

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century. Relación y comentarios.

Physical Description:

xvii, 318 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perhaps no one has ever been such a survivor as álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Member of a 600-man expedition sent out from Spain to colonize "La Florida" in 1527, he survived a failed exploration of the west coast of Florida, an open-boat crossing of the Gulf of Mexico, shipwreck on the Texas coast, six years of captivity among native peoples, and an arduous, overland journey in which he and the three other remaining survivors of the original expedition walked some 1,500 miles from the central Texas coast to the Gulf of California, then another 1,300 miles to Mexico City. The story of Cabeza de Vaca has been told many times, beginning with his own account, Relación de los naufragios, which was included and amplified in Gonzalo Fernando de Oviedo y Váldez's Historia general de las Indias. Yet the route taken by Cabeza de Vaca and his companions remains the subject of enduring controversy. In this book, Alex D. Krieger correlates the accounts in these two primary sources with his own extensive knowledge of the geography, archaeology, and anthropology of southern Texas and northern Mexico to plot out stage by stage the most probable route of the 2,800-mile journey of Cabeza de Vaca. This book consists of several parts, foremost of which is the original English version of Alex Krieger's dissertation (edited by Margery Krieger), in which he traces the route of Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from the coast of Texas to Spanish settlements in western Mexico. This document is rich in information about the native groups, vegetation, geography, and material culture that the companions encountered. Thomas R. Hester's foreword and afterword set the 1955 dissertation in the context of more recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries, some of which have supported Krieger's plot of the journey. Margery Krieger's preface explains how she prepared her late husband's work for publication. Alex Krieger's original translations of the Cabeza de Vaca and Oviedo accounts round out the volume.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Maps

Foreword (Thomas R. Hester)

Preface

Part I: INTRODUCTION

Part II: THE JOURNEY OF CABEZA DE VACA

Part III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Afterword (Thomas R. Hester)

Appendix 1: ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTERS (RELACIÓN DE LOS NAUFRAGIOS) (Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca)

Appendix 2: HISTORIA GENERAL Y NATURAL DE LAS INDIAS Book 35, Chapters I-VII (Gonzalo Fernando de Oviedo y Valdez)

References

Supplemental References

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes translations of Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion y comentarios and of Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes' Historia general y natural de las Indias, book 35, chapters 1-7.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index.

Contains:

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century. Relación y comentarios. English

Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo, 1478-1557. Historia general y natural de las Indias. Libro 35, capitulos 1-7. English.

ISBN:

0-292-79638-2

OCLC:

607782287