Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America, Paperback - Paul Schneider

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andres ResendezThe extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth centuryIn 1527, ...

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Reducere. DescriptionThis book combines a new English translation of La Relacion ("The Account") by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca with the translator's analysis...

Reducere. DescriptionCabeza de Vaca came to the New world in 1527 as part of a Spanish expedition to conquer the region north of the Gulf of Mexico. His expl...

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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Fred ShafferIllustration(s): 540 colour photosNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 14...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Sarah RoseIllustration(s): 2, 830 color illus. 508 maps.Number of pages: 624Collection: Princeton F...

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Images from the Region of the Pueblo Indians of North America translates Aby M. Warburg's seminal study of the "serpent ritual" of the Hopi people,...

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