The Account: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca's Relaci—n: An Annotated Translation by Martin A. Favata and JosŽ B. Fern‡ndez

Alvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de Vaca

Feb 1993 · Arte Publico Press

About this ebook

The Account: çlvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de VacaÕs Relaci—n, edited and translated by JosŽ Fern‡ndez and Martin Favata, is a new and improved translation of Spanish explorer çlvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de VacaÕs chronicle of his amazing journey across a large portion of what is now the United States. The Account is one of the earliest chronicles of Spanish penetration into North America. His journey (1528-1536) of hardship and misfortune is one of the most remarkable in the history of the New World and contains many first descriptions of the lands and their inhabitants. The Account, first published in Zamora, Spain, in 1542, is of inestimable value for students of history and literature, ethnographers, anthropologists and the general reader. It is also one of the most remarkable literary documents for the style, clarity and sense of drama in the narratorÕs extraordinary effort to comprehend a totally new and marvelous world.

About the author

JosŽ Fern‡ndez is the author of JosŽ San Martin: Latin AmericaÕs Quiet Hero (The Millbrook Press, 1994), Los abuelos, historia oral cubana (Ediciones Universal, 1988), and Alvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de Vaca: The Forgotten Chronicler (Ediciones Universal, 1975). He is Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at University of Central Florida. Martin Favata is the co-editor of Edici—n Cr’tica de La Relaci—n o Naufragios de Alvar Nœ–ez Cabeza de Vaca (Scripta Humanistica, 1986). He was Chairman of the Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Tampa.