Saturday, May 6, 2017

First Lines: The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca


On the 27th day of the month of June, 1527, the Governor Panfilo de Narvaez departed from the port of San Lucar de Barrameda, with authority and orders from Your Majesty to conquer and govern the provinces that extend from the river of the Palms to the Cape of the Florida, these provinces being on the mainland.

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