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Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to cross the North American continent. This remarkable book is his odyssey, first written in 1542 as an official report to the king of Spain under the title La Relacion.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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