Have you set off for the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and a current pushed you all the way to the coast of Tampa bay, Florida? In 1528, a current pushed Cabeza De Vaca and 300 other men to southwest Florida. When they arrived cabeza ordered the 300 men to abandon the ships and go on the island and search for treasure. The men had to figure a way to travel to west Mexico from Tampa Bay, Florida. After months the goal was no longer colonization, it was survival. Cabeza De Vaca survived by developing surviving skills, getting resources, and meeting new people. Cabeza survived through developing and using survival skills. In 1528 Cabeza got ready to set off for the coast of Mexico with 300 other men.They hollowed out horse legs to store fresh
Cabeza de Vaca survived by using intelligent strategies that kept him alive just barely. Cabeza used his great communication skills for survival. He was also an amazing healer. Another reason is he had amazing talent with navigation. Overall, Cabeza was a strategist, and he was very smart.
other guys and have no water and little to no food what so ever? In the spring of 1527, Cabeza De Vaca and his three partners left the country to sail The New World. The ships went of course and got stranded on an Island called modern day Galveston Island. Cabeza was the only one who survived because of his survival skills and ways to do nifty tricks. During the time Cabeza was a slave on Galveston Island, he survived for three reasons.
Milanich, Jerald T. and Susan Milbrath., ed. First Encounters: Spanish Exploration in the Caribbean and the United States1492-1570. Gainesville: U of Florida P, 1989.
“Their eyesight, hearing and senses in general are better, I believe, than those of any other men upon earth. They can stand, and have to stand, much hunger, thirst and cold, being more accustomed and used to it than others. This I wished to state here, since, besides that all men are curious to know the habits and devices of other, such as might come in contact with those people should be informed of their customs and deeds, which will be of no small profit to them.” (Page 507 Paragraph 29). This was the last part of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca’s La Relacion chapter twenty-five. This narrative is about Cabeza De Vaca’s time with the Avavare Indians. He spent eighteen
The Europeans motivations and world views shaped their attitude about the Indians by the life and historical experience of the author, de Vaca. In the case, the discussion of Cabeza de Vaca’s life is used to analyze the European treatment and how things changed at the better part of the Author’s journey. The author explains how the American journey turned out to be the most horrifying event that brought lessons to the Spaniards who had the perception of conquering the America. Starting his mission as a governor, the author explains how their ego as Spaniards had increased. He arrived in Florida with his back up soldiers in 1527 with the objective of controlling over the “New world”. He suggests that the Spaniards were very arrogant as he mentions
Colonization of the new world had may aspects behind it, including but not limited to the of exploring of new sectors of the world, to the expansion of empires, and the hopes of gaining wealth and higher social standings. These same principals of colonization are illustrated in both Castaways, Cabeza De Vaca’s personal narrative of his journey to the new world and Andres Resendez’s A Land So Strange an interpretation of Cabeza’s expedition. Both pieces of literature excellently demonstrate the hopes of people journeying to the new world and the shortcomings and tribulations the expeditioners did not anticipate or were prepared for. Within the two books Cabeza De Vaca and Panifilo Narvaez demonstrate this very struggle people faced. While it
“After their fleet was battered by a hurricane off the shore of Cuba, the expedition secured a new boat and departed for Florida. They landed in March 1528 near what is now Tampa Bay, which the expedition leader, Pánfilo de Narváez, claimed as the lawful possession of the Spanish empire. Despite this confident declaration, the expedition was on the verge of disaster. Narváez's decision to split his land and sea forces proved a grievous
The Vaquita is a species of porpoise. Its name means “little cow” in Spanish. Of the several porpoise species that are out there it is actually the smallest. They grow to the size of four to five feet and weigh up to 120 pounds. This rare porpoise species that is fairly unknown to most of the world human population is also the most endangered marine mammal out there and is latterly on the verge of extinction. These porpoises desperately require the human species assistance in order to rebuild its population. Without the support and dedication from researchers, scientists, and the general human population the Vaquita population will diminish uncontrollably. Regrettably, the reproduction rate is not as fast as researchers would had hoped for which has made it even more of a challenge with
La mayoría de las representaciones del encuentro de las Américas retrata los españoles como cruel a los nativos americanos. Estos representaciones también describen los indigenos como desnudos y como no muy inteligentes, simples. Estas descripciones de los nativos americanos están presente en los diarios de Cristóbal Colón y en las cartas de Hernán Cortés y en general estas impresiones son negativas. También, otras representaciones del encuentro demuestran la crueldad de los españoles a los indigenos. "Cabeza de Vaca" en algunos aspectos es una representación alternativa del encuentro de las Américas. La película demuestra otro punto de vista de los nativos americanos en el perspectivo de Alvar Nuñes Cabeza de la Vaca. Sin embargo, la película tiene un aspecto de la representación usual del encuentro en el fin cuando Cabeza de la Vaca y sus camaradas encuentran otros españoles. Por lo tanto, "Cabeza de Vaca" es una combinación de representaciones.
Bartolome de Las Casas was an important protector of native peoples because the latter part of his life was dedicated to social reforms that called for better treatment of the natives.
On June 17, 1527, Cabeza de Vaca set sail on the order to conquer and govern the lands from the Rio Grande to the cape of Florida. However, during his journey he encountered much devastation such as the wrecking of his ship which resulted in his separation from the majority of his Christian companions. Praying to God after every ordeal, Cabeza routinely sought after his Christian religion to guide him through his unexpected journey. While traveling through the interior of America, he also encountered many native tribes which inhabited the land. While most of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century spread their religion through warlike ways and rearranged societies for the sole purpose of their own economic gain, Cabeza thought that kindness was the only way to win the hearts of the natives and without clothes or any material possessions, he upheld his promise and beliefs. After being enslaved by the natives Cabeza moved from tribe to tribe with the hope of finding his fellow Christians while praising and thanking God that his life was spared. Moving from tribe to tribe as a medicine man Cabeza still lived by his Christian teachings and implemented them into the way that he communicated with the natives, ultimately converting many tribes into Christianity. The religion of Christianity directly influenced the way in which Cabeza de Vaca interacted and felt toward the natives, thus throughout the duration of his time traveling across the interior of America, Cabeza was able to continually practice his religious beliefs while also being able to convert many Indians to his religion at the same time.
In Europe, gold, spices, and other goods were beneficial. Europeans had to navigate long routes to reach them. They were looking for a shorter and better way to get there. Vasco Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and was the first European to reach India. Since he was very little, Da Gama knew about ships and navigation. At a very young age, he was already the captain of a ship. All his useful skills would make him very successful with his trip to India. Many voyagers attempted the challenging task of opening a trading route from Portugal to India, many were very close, but none of them could accomplish the task. Until the king of Portugal Manuel chose Vasco da Gama to attempt this expedition. He sailed from Lisbon July 8th, 1497 with a purpose of reaching India and open a sea route from Europe to the
According to Wilson and Goldfarb (2012) Lope Felix De Vega Caprio was considered an important asset to Spanish theatre and high on the list for best dramatist of all time. In the Spanish Golden Age, however, he was the best-known dramatist. In his entire lifetime, Lope De Vega wrote around 1800 plays, give or take a few hundred. The nature of this number is simply an estimate due to not knowing whether or not how many plays he actually wrote. Keeping in mind that Shakespeare wrote a mere number of plays in comparison to Lope De Vega total plays, Shakespeare is one of the few playwrights that surpass Lope’s extraordinary work. Although Lope De Vega wrote copious amounts of plays, the quality of his plays may have
When Miguel de Cervantes and his brother Rodrigo Cervantes where sailing back to Spain in 1575, their ship was captured by pirates. Bradbury pirates made them prisoners and took them to Algiers as slaves. Cervantes had to remain a prisoner for five years even though he tried to escape a variety of occasions. He had to wait until his family and his religious order released him from prison having to earn money.
Whenever I started thinking about my future of becoming a professional soccer player, I start dream about it. Dreaming about the sport that I love playing game and that you can never stop playing. Another thing that I was dreaming about is that I got sign to played with one of the best team in the world and they’re called Barcelona. When I sign with Barcelona I was at age 17 youngest kid in the world to played for Barcelona. I had the paparazzi’s all over when I was going to sign with Barcelona they keep following me whenever I was heading to the Barcelona office. Right when I finished completing signing with Barcelona, the paparazzi’s keep asking me question for and how was feeling toward the club signing the youngest player on the team. I said to the paparazzi’s “it feels great to be the only youngest soccer player the world to sign with one wonderful team and that my family will be proud of me and I hoping to stay with this team forever and make history with Barcelona.” I started training with Barcelona for first and I was super nervous, the soccer player was looking weird at me, thinking that I should have not got pay because I was the youngest player on the team.