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    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ; c. 1488/90/92 – after 19 May 1559) was a Spanish explorer of the...
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  • Cabeza de Vaca is a 1991 Mexican film about the adventures of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490 – c. 1557), an early Spanish explorer, as he traversed...
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    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is an outdoor sculpture of the Spanish explorer of the same name by Pilar Cortella de Rubin, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern...
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  • written by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in his Spanish account of the Narváez Expedition. Cabeza de Vaca wrote that he was a "negro alárabe, natural de Azamor"...
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    Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: el gran burlador de América. Parnaseo/Lemir. Valencia: Universidad de Valencia, 2008 Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar. Enrique...
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    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca has been portrayed in a 1991 feature-length Mexican film, Cabeza de Vaca. The similarly epic and dark journey of Lope de Aguirre...
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    millionaire. Among his ancestors were explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. His father was Antonio Cabeza de Vaca, 10th Marquess of Portago, who died during...
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    his expedition to the Sierra de la Plata, Spain had chosen Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca as the official successor to Pedro de Mendoza's title of adelantado...
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  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    2307/3199461. JSTOR 3199461. Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca 'The Account and Commentaries of Governor Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Chapter One Stiles, Victoria...
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    record the existence of the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541. The staircase character of the falls consists of a two-step...
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    found Melchor Diaz mayor and captain of the province. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado and the Moroccan...
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    Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and...
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  • quarter to the middle of the 16th century, such as Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, but also the North American Southeast and...
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    Spanish officer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in the early 16th century. Hoffecker took liberties both with the timing of Cabeza de Vaca's travels and their...
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    navy. In the Western Hemisphere, early Spanish Florida explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, describing the many tribes of native peoples he encountered between...
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  • Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer. Cabeza de Vaca may also refer to: Cabeza de Vaca (film), a 1991 Mexican film Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes...
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    the India Juliana comes from the 1545 accounts of adelantado Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca—who briefly ruled the territory between 1542 and 1544—as well...
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    passive sexual partners for other males. The written accounts of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca mentions bride price and bride service as part of a Karankawa...
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  • the four last survivors of the Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Dorantes' slave Estevanico, and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado...
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    After eight years, four survivors, including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, reached New Spain (Mexico). Hernando de Soto had been one of Francisco Pizarro's...
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  • Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor Oscar Nunez, United States actor and comedian Oscar Núñez (Argentine actor) Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer...
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    Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda. Nine years later, shipwrecked Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his cohort became the first Europeans...
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    early Arizona explorers, such as the conquistadores Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, as they searched unsuccessfully for the...
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  • circulated of wealthy civilizations to the north of Mexico. In 1536 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions reached Mexico City as the only survivors...
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  • Álvaro (redirect from Álvar)
    nobleman Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (died 1559), Spanish explorer Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), Spanish admiral Álvaro de Bazán...
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    where Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his small party made a brief stopover in November 1528, during his lengthy and notable survival odyssey. Jao de la Porta...
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    expedition only four survived. One of the survivors of the expedition, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, wrote the first book describing the peoples, wildlife, flora...
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    of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519. This was followed by the forced exploration of the shipwreck survivors Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, his companion Estebanico...
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  • The novel is more wide-ranging, starting with Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and ending in the modern day. The series includes Patrick Duffy...
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  • of North America: The Accounts of Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca". Sign Language Studies. 9 (2): 132–165. doi:10.1353/sls.0.0013...
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