The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest, Paperback - Alvar N. Cab

Reducere. Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned -- after covering about 6, 000...

Reducere. In 1526 Carlos I of Spain granted Pánfilo de Narváez a license to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States. Pánfilo de Narváez set sai...

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...

Reducere. "Schneider's thorough research and vivid writing create a fast-paced, moving story, one that is difficult to believe and impossible to forget." --T...

Reducere. The ancient trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Crescent Junction near Green River, Utah was a good route for travel for the early settlers. It was ...

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

Reducere. Written as a guide to the medicinal wild plant life of the Southwestern United States, Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest joins traditional...

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Reducere. This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de ...

Reducere. DescriptionFifty Indian nations lie within the modern American Southwest, communities sustained through four centuries of European and American con...

Reducere. With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering po...

Reducere. This collection of biographies focuses on the discoverers and explorers of the New World - written for young readers, this is a superb introduction...

Ancient star lore exploring the mysterious location of Pueblos in the American Southwest, circa 1100 AD, that appear to be a mirror image of the ma...

Reducere. The Ecology of Herbal Medicine introduces botanical medicine through an in-depth exploration of the land, presenting a unique guide to plants found...

Reducere. Perhaps the most fascinating chapter in Southwest history is the tale of the mysterious, "vanished" Anasazi Indians. Their tremendous achievements ...

Reducere. This riveting true story recounts the author's journey on horseback across Arizona and New Mexico, retracing Coronado's desperate search for the le...

The #1 Best Seller Faith, not fear... even the flowers have faith."You have cancer, " was not a sentence I ever wanted to hear. It ends up one of t...

Reducere. Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, ...

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A sumptuous biography, history and gallery of the acclaimed 16th-century artist Hans Holbein the Younger, with 500 fine-art reproductionsPublisher:...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Kenneth (Brunel University London, UK) MorganNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dim...

Reducere. DescriptionAdventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci's life is fascinating and vivid - his letters, published here in full...

Reducere. The book "" The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg; An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft, has been considered important throug...

This comprehensive book is an essential volume for anyone who wants to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci and to survey his greatest works in one c...

This is a detailed account of Lee's captivity among the Comanches in the 1850s and his escape through the mountains back to white civilization.

Reducere. DescriptionValley of the Shadow joins a fraternity of published first-person accounts of the fall of the Philippines, including the surrender of Co...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading When various revolutions mo...

Reducere. An important voice for her people by the first published Native American female authorLucy Thompson (or to give her the correct Yurok name Che-na-w...

Reducere. It is often taken as a simple truth that the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States. In the ...

Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hrtgen Forest. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle b...

Publisher: Splendid Publications LimitedNumber of pages: 560Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 199 x 131 x 49Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesco...