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Title

  • Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado Panfilo de Narvaez.

Other Title

  • Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabec̜a de Vaca en la Florida
  • Navfragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado Panfilo de Narvaez

Summary

  • Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1560) was second in command of an expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez (1478-1528) that left Spain in June 1527 with five ships and 600 men with the mission of establishing a colony in "Florida." The expedition suffered storms, desertions, disease, and other difficulties in the Caribbean. On November 5 and 6, 1528, 80 surviving members of the expedition were shipwrecked on or near Galveston Island, Texas. After living among the local Native Americans for six years, Cabeza de Vaca and three other survivors headed south and then west, hoping to re-establish contact with their countrymen. They eventually made it to Mexico City, becoming the first Europeans to explore what are now Texas and the American Southwest. La Relación (Report), or what came to be called Naufragios (Shipwrecked), is Cabeza da Vaca's official account of his travels, prepared for the Spanish crown. The work was first published in Zamora, Spain, in 1542. This later edition was published in Madrid in 1749. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century.

Created / Published

  • [En Madrid, año 1749]

Headings

  • -  Narváez, Pánfilo de,---1528
  • -  Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar,--active 16th century
  • -  Indians of North America--Early works to 1800
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
  • -  Florida--History--Sources
  • -  Spain--History, Naval--16th century

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  First published with title, "La relacion que dio Aluar Nuñez Cabeça de Vaca de lo acaescido enlas Indias, enla armada donde yua por gouernador Pãphilo de Narbaez, desde el año de veynte y siete hasta el año d treynta y seys ..." Zamorá, 1542. Republished together with the author's Comentarios, Valladolid, 1555. The present ed. was printed in 1731, but not published until 1749. Cf. Medina, Biblioteca hispano-amerericana; Pinelo-Barcia's Epitome, v. 2, col. 611, and also note under entry for Barcia, Historiadores.
  • -  In: Barcía Carballido y Zúñiga, A.G. de. Historiadores primitivos de las Indias Occidentales. Madrid, 1749. Vol. 1, no. 7.
  • -  Index, [9] p. at end: Tabla de lo mas especial contenido en los Naufragios, y Relacion de la Florida de Alvar Nuñez Cabec̜a de Vaca.
  • -  Printed in double columns.
  • -  Signatures: A-E⁸ F⁴ G⁸.
  • -  Woodcut initial and headpiece. Headpiece has Jesuit emblem (IHS).
  • -  LAC snh 2019-05-01 no edits (2 card)

Medium

  • 43, [9] p. 31 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E141 .B24 vol. 1, no. 7

Source Collection

  • Barcía Carballido y Zúñiga, Andrés González de, 1673-1743. Historiadores primitivos de las Indias Occidentales.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04008076

Online Format

  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar, Active 16Th Century. Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado Panfilo de Narvaez. [En Madrid, año, 1749] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04008076/.

APA citation style:

Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, A. (1749) Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado Panfilo de Narvaez. [En Madrid, año] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04008076/.

MLA citation style:

Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar, Active 16Th Century. Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado Panfilo de Narvaez. [En Madrid, año, 1749] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04008076/>.