Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures In The Unknown Interior Of America
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures In The Unknown Interior Of America – This composition is a musical impression of the book “La relación y comentarios”. This translates as “The story and comments”, written by the famous explorer and anthropologist Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca. He was one of four survivors of Narvaez’s 1527 expedition, which was shipwrecked on the Texas Gulf Coast around Matagorda Bay. In his book, he explains how the local Karankawa and Coahuiltecan Indians kidnapped and enslaved his group for four years. During this time, he discovered that he had a strange gift of healing. He quickly distinguished himself (and thereby saved himself and others) by healing sick and wounded Native Americans throughout the Texas area. Finally, the healer-explorer found an opportunity to escape. He, with his companions, fled west to New Spain, which is now Mexico. To learn more about this incredible story, click here.
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