The narrative of Cabeza de Vaca
By: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz.
Contributors: Adorno, Rolena.; Pautz, Patrick Charles.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, 16th cent.; Explorers -- America -- Biography.; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.; Indians of North America -- Southwestern States.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.; America -- Early accounts to 1600.
Genres: Biography.; Early accounts to 1600.
Description: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a mannner seldom seen in writings of the period."

"In this English-language edition, reproduced from their award-winning three-volume set, Adorno and Pautz supplement the engrossing account with a general introduction that orients the reader to Cabeza de Vaca's world. They also provide explanatory notes, which resolve many of the narrative's most perplexing questions. This highly readable translation fires the imagination and illuminates the enduring appeal of Cabeza de Vaca's experience for a modern audience."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and index.