The Journey Of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

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The Journey Of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

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Biography

• Alvar Nunuez Cabeza de Vaca was Spanish.
• His mission was to find the seven golden cities
  with gold, silver, and jewels. He found out
  about these from the Native Americans.
• He was the only survivor of the Narvaez
  expedition which was a group of 250-300 men led
  by Pasfilo de Narvaez.
• He told his survivors story from the expedition
  to Spanish leaders in Mexico City.

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Biography (cont.)

• He claims to have found at least one Golden
  City around what is now Tampa
• Bay.
• They did not find all seven cities of gold.
• He was sent on his expedition by the Spanish
  leaders.

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Contributions

• He was sponsored by the Spanish leaders.
• He was looking for the seven golden cities.
• They only think they found one golden city not
  all of them.

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The Route
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Journal Entry one

• Spain are the people who sponsored us. They were
  looking for seven golden citys. I say that I saw
  one golden city, but maybe I did not!

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Journal Entry two

• The purpose of the Narvaez expedition was to
  conquer all the lands along the golf of Mexico.
  They had 300 soldiers and 40 horses. They split
  pine trees to make rafts.

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Journal Entry Three

• After 31 days at sea, there rafts were wreaked in
  a storm.
• The 80 men how reached shore set out to walk
  Mexico city.
• But the poor health and lack of food killed all
  but four of them.

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Journal Entry Four

• Only 100 had returned many had died others had to
  run away. Coronado arrived back in Mexico city in
  1542.
• Although Coronado failed to find any riches, he
  had explored vast areas of New Spain.

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Journal entry Five

• In 1540,Cabez De Vaca appointed governor of the
  Spanish settlement on Rio Dela Plata.
• Also this be my last entry because Im headed
  home.

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Recourses

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