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    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ; c. 1488/90/92 – after 19 May 1559) was a Spanish explorer of the...
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  • Cabeza de Vaca is a 1991 Mexican film directed by Nicolás Echevarría and starring Juan Diego about the adventures of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490...
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    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is an outdoor sculpture of the Spanish explorer of the same name by Pilar Cortella de Rubin, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern...
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  • four survivors of the Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado. Little...
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    Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: el gran burlador de América. Parnaseo/Lemir. Valencia: Universidad de Valencia, 2008 Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar. Enrique...
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    record the existence of the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541. It was inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List...
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    his expedition to the Sierra de la Plata, Spain had chosen Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca as the official successor to Pedro de Mendoza's title of adelantado...
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    millionaire. Among his ancestors were explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. His father was Antonio Cabeza de Vaca, 10th Marquess of Portago, who died during...
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    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca has been portrayed in a 1991 feature-length Mexican film, Cabeza de Vaca. The similarly epic and dark journey of Lope de Aguirre...
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    Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and...
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    Aguirre, the Wrath of God (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    2307/3199461. JSTOR 3199461. Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca 'The Account and Commentaries of Governor Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Chapter One Stiles, Victoria...
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    found Melchor Diaz mayor and captain of the province. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado and the Moroccan...
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  • Rolena; Pautz, Patrick (1999-09-15). Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: His Account, His Life, and the Expedition of Panfilo de Narváez. Lincoln: University of Nebraska...
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  • Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer. Cabeza de Vaca may also refer to: Cabeza de Vaca (film), a 1991 Mexican film Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes...
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    passive sexual partners for other males. The written accounts of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca mentions bride price and bride service as part of a Karankawa...
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  • the four last survivors of the Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, and Estevanico, Dorantes' slave...
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    Spanish officer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in the early 16th century. Hoffecker took liberties both with the timing of Cabeza de Vaca's travels and their...
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    seasonal fishing and hunting. Historians believe the island is where Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his small party of around 80, made a brief stopover in November...
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    the India Juliana comes from the 1545 accounts of adelantado Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca—who briefly ruled the territory between 1542 and 1544—as well...
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  • States actor and comedian Oscar Núñez (Argentine actor) (1929–2012) Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor...
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    Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda. Nine years later, shipwrecked Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his cohort became the first Europeans...
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    that Ñuflo de Chavez, who had arrived in Asunción in 1541 with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, led a new expedition with the objective of settling the region...
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  • circulated of wealthy civilizations to the north of Mexico. In 1536 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions reached Mexico City as the only survivors...
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    After eight years, four survivors, including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, reached New Spain (Mexico). Hernando de Soto had been one of Francisco Pizarro's...
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    navy. In the Western Hemisphere, early Spanish Florida explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, describing the many tribes of native peoples he encountered between...
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  • also refer to: Alvar (given name) Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish explorer of the New World Alvar, Armenia, a village in Armenia Alvar, Iran (disambiguation)...
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  • Álvaro (redirect from Álvar)
    nobleman Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (died 1559), Spanish explorer Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), Spanish admiral Álvaro de Bazán...
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  • The novel is more wide-ranging, starting with Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and ending in the modern day. The year is 1821. The vast, unsettled...
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    (1450–1520), explorer and skier, discovered the Bermuda Islands Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490–c. 1559), first European to explore the southwestern...
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  • members of the 1527 Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza and his African slave Estevanico. They were...
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