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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ⓘ; c. 1488/90/92 [1] – after 19 May 1559 [2]) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who spent eight years in the Gulf region of present-day Texas. Núñez was treasurer to the Spanish expedition under Pánfilo de Narváez that reached what is now Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1528.
Aug 2, 2023 · Best Known For: Explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca spent eight years in the Gulf region of present-day Texas and was treasurer to the Spanish expedition under de Narváez. Nationalities Spanish
Nov 9, 2022 · Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, an early explorer and first historian of Texas, was born in Jerez de la Frontera, an Andalusian province in the south of Spain near Cádiz. The precise year of Cabeza de Vaca’s birth cannot be determined, but it was within the “birth window” of 1487–92.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Jerez de la Frontera, 1492/1495 [1] - probablemente Valladolid, [4] 1556/1559 [3] ) fue un explorador y conquistador español. En 1527 participó en la expedición del gobernador Pánfilo de Narváez, que recorrió las costas de Florida, Alabama, Misisipi y Luisiana.
Nov 16, 2009 · The Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca runs aground on a low sandy island off the coast of Texas. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, he is the first European to set foot on...
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar. Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), c. 1495 – Sevilla, c. 1560. Descubridor, conquistador y adelantado. La vida de Álvar Núñez mantiene muchas zonas oscuras, comenzando por la pérdida de su partida de bautismo, lo que ha dado lugar a multitud de conjeturas; no obstante se ha podido datar aproximadamente su fecha ...