Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Discovery, Exploration, Geography
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Ships, Naval History, Explorers
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Spanish/Portuguese History
Article abstract: Cabeza de Vaca’s capture by Native Americans in Texas gave him the chance to explore the region in detail and write an invaluable account of the people and topography of Texas and northern Mexico that stimulated further exploration.
Early Life
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was born at the end of the fifteenth century in a town near Cadiz. Sources differ about the exact year of his birth, with estimates ranging from 1490 to 1500. He was the oldest of the four children of Francisco de Vera and Teresa Cabeza de Vaca. The young man used...
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