The Account: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)
Cabeza de Vaca and a few surviving companions were the first Europeans to walk across the mainland of North America. His account of this epic trek between Florida and Mexico (1527-36) was later published in Spain (1542). This new annotated translation by two Florida academics provides us with one of the earliest records of a pristine America and its native peoples. In addition, this it is a readable and gripping chronicle of adversity in which would-be conquistadors ultimately acculturate themselves to Indian life. Another modern translation is Cyclone Covey's Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Univ. of New Mexico Pr., 1984. reprint). Recommended for both specialists and general readers.- William F. Young, SUNY at AlbanyCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.