Did you know that Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish explorer, participated in two trips to this region?
To tell the truth, neither trip ended successfully.
In the summer of 1527, he was treasurer of an expedition that was sent to conquer and colonize Florida.
However, the invasion didn't work as planned, and he was one of only four survivors.
These men intended to sail to Mexico, but their shipwrecked off the coast of Texas.
What an unlucky expedition!
Cabeza de Vaca was captured by Indians, but he later escaped and wandered through Texas and Mexico for eight years.
He tells about his Florida expedition in his book titled Naufragios, which is the Spanish word for "shipwrecks."
In 1541, this adventurer led an expedition to South America,
To tell the truth, neither trip ended successfully.
In the summer of 1527, he was treasurer of an expedition that was sent to conquer and colonize Florida.
However, the invasion didn't work as planned, and he was one of only four survivors.
These men intended to sail to Mexico, but their shipwrecked off the coast of Texas.
What an unlucky expedition!
Cabeza de Vaca was captured by Indians, but he later escaped and wandered through Texas and Mexico for eight years.
He tells about his Florida expedition in his book titled Naufragios, which is the Spanish word for "shipwrecks."
In 1541, this adventurer led an expedition to South America,