Title 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

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) Series Texas archaeology and ethnohistory series Texas archaeology and ethnohistory series. 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 Analysis Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, 1507-1559 Viajes Norteamérica América Descubrimiento y exploración Españoles América Relaciones anteriores a 1600 Norteamérica descripción y viajes Obras anteriores a 1800 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century -- Travel -- North America Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century. Relación y comentarios. SUBJECT Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century fast Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvaro. swd Relación y comentarios (Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar) fast Subject Indians of North America -- History -- 16th century. Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 16th century Natural history -- North America Natural history -- Southwest, New HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY. HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Discoveries in geography -- Spanish Indians of North America Natural history Travel Entdeckungsreise Reisbeschrijvingen. SUBJECT America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256 America -- Early accounts to 1600. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004258 North America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Southwest, New -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Subject America North America New Southwest Nordamerika Genre/Form Early works History Form Electronic book Author Krieger, Margery H Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century. Relación y comentarios. English. Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557. Historia general y natural de las Indias. Libro 35, capítulos 1-7. English ISBN 0292796382 9780292796386

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