Before they got separated, they had more than 300 men on that boat. Narvaez had ordered 300 men off of the boat to go inland and search for treasure. That would prove fateful as they would never see their ships again. After two difficult months,they arrived at Apalachee bay with little to nothing and barely any men. Every few days they killed one of the remaining horses.…
The Conquistador’s Journey In the spring of 1527, five Spanish ships left their home for the New World. If they can predict their future, they would have not done that. It was a 300 man crew, but by the fall of 1532, there would only be four. Cabeza de Vaca was one of the four.…
Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer or conquistador who left Spain to colonize the New World in 1527. He got shipwrecked near what is now Tampa Bay, FL and got lost. They decided to make rafts and try to sail to Mexico City, but got pushed ashore in a hurricane near modern day Galveston, TX. He was then an Indian slave for four years. After that he finally escaped and walked to Mexico City.…
The name of my explorer is Giovanni Da Verrazano. Giovani Da Verrazano was born on 1485, later on he died on 1582, which made him approximately 43 years old. A particular accomplishment Verrazano is famous for is that he reserved the Atlantic Coast of North America in the middle of the Carolinas and Newfoundland, as well as the New York harbor. The country that sponsored Verrazano is France. The particular person who commissioned their voyage was King Francis I. Giovanni Da Verrazano made three voyages.…
The blazing hot, gritty sand, felt like a million fire ants, stabbing at his skin. The sun's blinding rays beamed onto his face, and all of the others that had washed up with him, on the rafts. Two out of five rafts, were the only ones that had made it. Cabeza de Vaca, was among the Narvaez expedition, that set sail in the Spring of 1527. They had set sail to Northern Mexico, but they were blown off course by tricky currents, and according to the background essay, made accidental landfall near Tampa Bay, Florida.…
When you think about it, during that time traveling was not easy, especially if you were traveling by a boat. “ The portable device was used by sailors to help them find their way when they were sailing. ”2 Just imagine what it must have been like sailing…
Some were transported in large fishing boats of up to 20 tons, but others were carried to freedom in rowboats or kayaks. Some refugees…
There were many factors contributing to the causes of ocean travel and additionally many difficulties causing difficulties in ocean travel. One of the main characteristics of Source B is that it clearly states that the three main motivating factors of ocean travel are Gold, Glory and God along with superior technology and disease. This fueled ocean travel and the Spanish to conquer most of the South Americas. Also, the Spanish were looking to expand their empire to become more powerful as stated in the source “This trio of motivating factors, Gold, Glory, and God, along with superior technology and disease, would prove to be the fuel that propelled the Spanish to conquer most of South America, parts of the South-Western United States, and all…
Based on the documents that I have read, I have learned many things about the arrival, and possible expectation, of Cortes. The documents that I read led me to believe that Moctezuma was very excited to meet Cortes. Document B stated that Moctezuma welcomed Cortes to Mexico by saying that his throne was kept for him and that he has been worried about Cortes for a long time. He also said that he was looking toward the unknown place from which he had come, Moctezuma believed that he would return to his city and sit upon this throne due to what he was told by their ancestors. Cortes was told to enjoy his palace and rest his body.…
The leader of this journey was a conquistador named panfilo de narvaez along with him was Cabeza De Vaca. After two difficult months on Tampa Bay without treasure, their goal was no longer colonization, it was survival. How did Cabeza de vaca survie? He used his knowledge of survival skills, he had success as a healer, and he showed respect for the native americans.…
Through the years, the plague had devastated Europe, and the Europeans started to rebuild after plague with eyes on the New World. The King of Spain seeking riches, from across the waters in the New World, financed Christopher Columbus voyage to the New World. Columbus acquired a ships and crews, and among his crew were some free Africans, and his trusty Navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, an African Moor, who had sailed the waters of the Atlantic. So, Columbus sailed from Spain in 1492. He supplied the ship in Porto Rico, Cuba, and finally arriving on an island that he named Hispaniola, (present day Haiti) in 1494.…
The Journey Of An Explorer Cabeza De Vaca a guy who came to Texas and wasn’t even planning on coming here helped colonize it to what Texas is today. Cabeza originally heading towards Mexico and ended crashing into what is now modern day Galveston Island and made Texas what it is today. Cabeza traveled all the way around Texas and soon met up with an Indian tribe who took him as a work slave which he soon escaped from them and he and his partners walked to Mexico city over a 21 month trip and a lot of friendly and not friendly indian tribes. Cabeza De Vaca: How did he survive? Cabeza survived because he had amazing wilderness skills, his success as a healer, and his respect for Native Americans.…
The most well-known explorers of the 1400-1600s are John Cabot and Cabeza De Vaca. Cabot did not originally go to find America. He simply wanted to find a better trade route to get from Europe to Asia. Now this was a good idea, but he ran into a problem, literally; he ran into America. With finding America, he had become, “the first European to find and describe North America since the Vikings,” (American Journeys).…
The return trip home was a nightmare. The westerlies correctly directed them homeward but a terrible storm forced them off course battering their ship forcing it to land in Lisbon, which caused some to believe he was collaborating with Spain’s enemies. When Columbus finally got back to Spain is sparked more and more expeditions and it wasn’t until Amerigo Vespucci that it was finally realized as a new…
Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are two very famous explores who are known for traveling great distances during a time when such a thing was unheard of, and who kept detailed logs of their journeys. Ibn Battuta’s journey was based off of his religion, and his desire to visit all of the major religious sites and meet important religious leaders. He traveled a total of 75,000 miles over the course of 29 years. Marco Polo was an Italian traveler who claims to have met and become close to Kublai Khan, and began traveling on his behalf. He returned home to Italy 24 years after he left.…