Resendez, Andre
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza De Vaca
- ISBN 13:
- 9780465068418
- author:
- Resendez, Andre
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Basic Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 14.22 x 1.78 x 21.08 centimetres
- Genre:
- History / World History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca In 1527, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida, but the expedition was doomed from the start. A hurricane delayed their departure, and a catastrophic navigation error sent them off course. Of the three hundred men who had embarked, only four survived - three Spaniards and an African slave. Their desperate journey of survival took them through treacherous Florida, a perilous raft passage across the Louisiana coast, and years of enslavement in the American Southwest. For almost ten years, they wandered in an unknown land, encountering lands, peoples, plants, and animals that no outsider had before. This enthralling tale of four castaways brings to life the vast and dynamic world of North America just a few years before European settlers would transform it forever. Andrés Reséndez's masterful retelling of this extraordinary story sheds light on a pivotal moment in American history, one that continues to shape our understanding of the continent's indigenous peoples and the early European explorers who arrived on its shores.
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