
Chp5-1
... ___________________________sailed to Americas to find new trade routes to Asia. – He persuaded Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to finance his expedition. – He made 4 journeys to the Americas, exploring Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Central & South America. – Failed to find a new route to Asia o ...
... ___________________________sailed to Americas to find new trade routes to Asia. – He persuaded Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to finance his expedition. – He made 4 journeys to the Americas, exploring Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Central & South America. – Failed to find a new route to Asia o ...
Explorers in TX Notes
... •Even though the French colony failed to survive, it had an impact on the future of Texas. •Spain was in constant competition with France in Europe and in constant battles as well. When Spain hears of a French settlement in their territory, they are furious and decide they must do something to secur ...
... •Even though the French colony failed to survive, it had an impact on the future of Texas. •Spain was in constant competition with France in Europe and in constant battles as well. When Spain hears of a French settlement in their territory, they are furious and decide they must do something to secur ...
European Explorers In Texas
... seeing the Bison/Buffalo that the Native American’s had been depending upon for their survival for thousands of years. ...
... seeing the Bison/Buffalo that the Native American’s had been depending upon for their survival for thousands of years. ...
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Jerez de la Frontera, c. 1488/1490/1492 – Seville, c. 1557/1558/1559/1560) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish colonial forces in Mexico in 1536. After returning to Spain in 1537, he wrote an account, first published in 1542 as La Relación (""The Relation"", or in more modern terms ""The Account""), which in later editions was retitled Naufragios (""Shipwrecks""). Cabeza de Vaca has been considered notable as a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of American Indians that he encountered.In 1540 Cabeza de Vaca was appointed adelantado of what is now Argentina, where he was governor and captain general of Río de la Plata. He worked to build up the population of Buenos Aires, where settlement had declined due to the poor administration. Cabeza de Vaca was transported to Spain for trial in 1545. Although his sentence was eventually commuted, he never returned to the Americas. He died in Seville.