by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca · Club Internacional del Libro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474618594
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«Naufragios y Comentarios» is the chronicle by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, published by Club Internacional del Libro in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
The author, one of the chroniclers of the Indies, narrates in the first person the 1527 expedition to Florida and the odyssey he later experienced across North American territory: shipwrecks, hardships, and contact with various indigenous peoples. It is a key testimony to the exploration and colonization of America.
1987 edition published in Madrid within the Obras Maestras de la Aventura collection.
Aimed at those interested in the history of the exploration and colonization of America, the chronicles of the Indies, and travel narratives.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is today the Southwestern United States, he became a trader, evangelist, and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536.
