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Lost conquistador’s nine-year odyssey through unknown America, a true story.
Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition
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160 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2002
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Summary
First time in Penguin Classics
The New World story of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his own words
This riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Nonez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today’s southern United States. In simple, straightforward prose, Cabeza de Vaca chr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142437070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142437077 |
| Author: | Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Fanny Bandelier, Harold Augenbraun, Ilan Stavans |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the author or editor of numerous books.
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