Excerpt, Joint Report from Historia General y Natural de las Indias

Alternative Title

Excerpt, Joint Report from General and Natural History of the Indies

Author

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Alonso del Castillo
Andrés Dorantes
Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo
Catherine Johnson

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Publication Date

January 1527

Abstract

"Upon reaching safety in Mexico, Cabeza de Vaca, Castillo, and Dorantes co-authored an account of their trials and triumphs as they trudged from the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida through [...] North America, before reaching the colonized New Spain on the western coast of the continent. Their account, dubbed 'Joint Report,' chronicled their eight year journey resulting from the failed Narváez expedition. No record exists of the original 'Joint Report,' save a version of the text provided by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, in his Historia general y natural de las Indias.

Keywords

Pánfilo de Narváez ( -1528), Indigenous peoples, Discovery and exploration

Extent

7 pages

Original Language

Spanish

Language

English

Media Type

Excerpts; Travel literature

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0007

Type

Article

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez; Castillo, Alonso del; Dorantes, Andrés; Fernandez de Oviedo, Gonzalo; and Johnson, Catherine, "Excerpt, Joint Report from Historia General y Natural de las Indias" (1527). Early Visions Bucket. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/7