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Oct 1, 1490
Cabeza de vaca'is Birth
His birth was in 1490. -
Oct 1, 1527
His Journey
Even though he wasnt a leader he was still one of 100 to 200 to survive a brutal attack of hurricanes -
Oct 1, 1528
Land hoe
In 1928 after surviving a hurricane near cuba they crash landed on the west coast of florida in april 1528 -
Oct 1, 1529
Death
Lots of crew mates died in this journey by a series of hurricanes and indian attacks even narvaez the leader of the expidition did not survive -
Oct 1, 1530
Even more death
after thier ship and cap. and lot of men where dead they decided to make 5 rafts 3 of them sunk but the other two made it to supposebly a settlement in mexico but they landed on galveston island -
Oct 1, 1533
Journey pt. 2
After a cold winter only fifteen men have survived but by spring 1533 11 men have died thre only remains 4 that includes de vaca they where the first non natives to travel in southwestern north america but the bad part was they got captured by some indians . -
Oct 2, 1533
Help
But since de veca was docter the indians thought he was a medicine mountain man so they let them go and they where the first Europeans to see bison. -
Oct 2, 1536
Extreme Mt. man
after being let go he wondered all over south and south western North America he wondered for 8 to 9 years trying to find a mexico settlement and finally found one -
Oct 1, 1538
Finding mexico city
After findin mexican settlement he journeyed off to find Mexico City he arrived 2 years after finding mexican settlment and 8 years after being stranded at florida. They where also welcomed by Viceroy Antonio De Mendoza [ think about it thats 8 years trying to find mexico city and how long thattook to walk . ] -
Oct 2, 1540
The Govenor
After serving as mexican territorial gov.he went back to spain to report back and tell them what happened. and also his writing incouraged a lot of other explorers to go to America like Coronado. -
Oct 2, 1542
Return of the exploring
Later he exlpored parguay river in 1442 and the first Euopean to see Iguacu Falls. The settlers threw him out of office in 1545. He was puton trial and found guilty for usurping the kings laws and died after. -
Oct 2, 1557
De Vaca's death
He died in 1557.
