ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA dE VACA

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EXPLORER BIOGRAPHY

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born in 1490
• He was a Spanish explorer of the new world and one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition
• He had difficult travels from Florida through Texas and on to Mexico City
• He returned to Spain and expressed outrage at the Spanish treatment of the Indians
• He became a judge in Seville, Spain until his death around 1597

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GOAL FOR EXPLORATION

• To convert many of the natives living in these parts of the world to Christianity
• To conquer the specific part of Florida that they landed on
• To gain fame and fortune for being the first Spaniards in this section of America

ALVAR'S MAP OF EXPLORATION

EXPLORATION ROUTE 1527-1536

• Sailed from Spain
• By Cuba
• To Florida
• On to Texas
• Then to Mexico City
• Then sailing back to Spain

SUCCESSES

• He wrote about his travels to the new world which encouraged other Spanish expeditions to the Americas
• He landed in Florida and claimed the land for Spain

PROBLEM'S ALVAR FACED

• The exploration faced a hurricane which caused a lot of men to die and resulted in the loss of many supplies
• They faced disease, starvation, and attacks from the Natives
• Their ships were lost so they had to build new boats

INTERESTING FACT

SOURCES

• Mrnussbaum.com/ explorersflash
• Discovery education.com
• Enchanted learning.com
• Aged fed.marines museum.org
• Encyclopedia.com

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