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A land so strange: the epic journey of Cabeza de Vaca: the extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century

By Andres , Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , Alvar;Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , Alvaro;Reséndez

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN
9780786727605, 9780465010349, 0465010342, 0786727608
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3161008 bytes)
Pages
(xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Introduction -- The prize that was snatched away -- A voyage of redemption -- Landfall -- Walking through Florida -- On rafts -- Enslaved -- Into the heart of the continent -- Following the corn trail -- Contact -- Epilogue.;Chronicles the story of a small band of Spanish explorers who became separated from their ships in Florida and began a trek across the continent during the early sixteenth century.

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