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Spanish Explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ca. 1490–ca. 1559 Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first set foot on land that would become Texas in 1528, when his crude raft ran aground near Galveston Island. The raft held survivors of an ill-fated Spanish expedition to settle Florida.Cabeza de Vaca then embarked upon what one scholar described as “the most remarkable [journey] in the record of American exploration.”He lived for several years among Texas Indians, learning the... Read More