Person (Jerez de La Frontera) - Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Daniel Guiza, Lola Flores, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Thomas Geraldino, Mercedes Ruiz (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Daniel Guiza, Lola Flores, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Thomas Geraldino, Mercedes Ruiz, Jose de La Serna, La Mala Rodriguez, Manuel Torre, Gerardo Nunez, Antonio Chacon, Jose Merce, Paco Cepero, Enrique Romero. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (Jerez de la Frontera, ca. 1490/1507 - Sevilla, ca. 1557/1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition. He is remembered as a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of Native Americans, first published in 1542 as La Relacion (The Report), and later known as Naufragios (Shipwrecks). Cabeza de Vaca was born into the Spanish nobility in 1492. Cabeza de Vaca was son of Teresa Cabeza de Vaca y de Zurita. In 16th-century documents, his name appeared as "Alvar nunez cabeca de vaca." Cabeza de Vaca means literally, "head of cow." This surname was granted to his mother's family in the 13th century, when his ancestor Martin Alhaja aided a Christian army attacking Moors by leaving a cow's head to point out a secret mountain pass for their use. (In the prologue to La Relacion, his account of his shipwreck and travels in North America, Cabeza de Vaca refers to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great.) In early 1527 Cabeza de Vaca departed from Spain as a part of a royal expedition intended to occupy the mainland of North America. As treasurer, he was one of the chief officers of the Narvaez expedition. Within several months of their landing near Tampa Bay, Florida on April 15, 1528, he and three other men were the only survivors of the expedition party of 300 men. As the navigators were unsure of their location, Cabeza de Vaca thought it prudent to keep the land and sea forces together. Narvaez and the other officers, excited by rumors of gold, overruled him and started off on a march through Florida, prompt...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d