ISBN10: 0520070631, ISBN13: 9780520070639, [publisher: University of California Press, United States, Berkerley] Softcover This enthralling story of survival is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36). The author of "Castaways (Naufragios)", Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition to claim for Spain a vast area that includes today's Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. A shipwreck forced him and a handful of men to make the long westward journey on foot to meet up with Hernan Cortes. In order to survive, Cabeza de Vaca joined native people along the way, learning their languages and practices and serving them as a slave and later as a physician. When after eight years he finally reached the West, he was not recognized by his compatriots. In his writing Cabeza de Vaca displays great interest in the cultures of the native people he encountered on his odyssey. As he forged intimate bonds with some of them, sharing their brutal living conditions and curing their sick, he found himself on a voyage of self-discovery that was to make his reunion with his fellow Spaniards less joyful than expected. Cabeza de Vaca's gripping narrative is a trove of ethnographic information, with descriptions and interpretations of native cultures that make it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. Frances M. Lopez-Morillas' translation beautifully captures the ...

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[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0520070631, ISBN13: 9780520070639, [publisher: University of California Press, United States, Berkerley] Softcover This enthralling story of survival is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36). The author of "Castaways (Naufragios)", Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition to claim for Spain a vast area that includes today's Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. A shipwreck forced him and a handful of men to make the long westward journey on foot to meet up with Hernan Cortes. In order to survive, Cabeza de Vaca joined native people along the way, learning their languages and practices and serving them as a slave and later as a physician. When after eight years he finally reached the West, he was not recognized by his compatriots. In his writing Cabeza de Vaca displays great interest in the cultures of the native people he encountered on his odyssey. As he forged intimate bonds with some of them, sharing their brutal living conditions and curing their sick, he found himself on a voyage of self-discovery that was to make his reunion with his fellow Spaniards less joyful than expected. Cabeza de Vaca's gripping narrative is a trove of ethnographic information, with descriptions and interpretations of native cultures that make it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. Frances M. Lopez-Morillas' translation beautifully captures the ...

ISBN10: 0520070631, ISBN13: 9780520070639, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover Volume 10. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780520070639
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Columbia, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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ISBN10: 0520070631, ISBN13: 9780520070639, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover Volume 10. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780520070639
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[San Diego, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

University of California Press 1993 Trade paperback Volume 10. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 9780520070639.

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[Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Columbia, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Barcelona, BCN, Spain] [Publication Year: 1993]

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Berkeley, CA University of California Press 1993 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 158 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Latin American Literature and Culture, 10.

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[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]