American Literature / Unit 3 AML 0212 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cabeza de Vaca: Shipwreck, Captivity, and a Changed Eye
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The idea
Cabeza de Vaca sailed with a Spanish expedition that fell apart, then spent years crossing the southwest on foot, held by and later living among the peoples he met. His Relation describes the country from inside rather than from a deck.
In practice
The only Spanish account written on foot.
Where people slip
Captivity changed what he could see.
Your place on the trail
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