Cabeza de vaca brief biography of mark

Cabeza de Vaca is remembered for his epic journey across the Americas. He was a survivor of the failed Narvaez expedition and would journey across the North American continent for eight years.

Along the way, he would trade with the natives, learn their culture, and respect who they were.

He would pen books on his encounters with the natives that gave the perspective of who they were and how they conducted themselves.

He would eventually return to Spain and would never return to the Americas.

He was unlike the other Spanish Conquistadors in that he did not conquer with the sword because he did not have one, but he survived through intuition and tolerance.

Cabeza de Vaca Facts: Early Years

Cabeza de Vaca's parents died when he was young, de Vaca was taken in by relatives, and evidence suggests that he probably had a moderately comfortable early life.

He was appointed chamberlain for the house of a noble family in his teen years