The Account of Cabeza de Vaca: A Literal Translation with Analysis and Commentary

This book combines a new English translation of La Relacion ("The Account") by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca with the translator's analysis and commentary.

La Relacion is Cabeza de Vaca's first-hand account of the Narvaez Expedition – Spain's failed attempt to colonize Florida in 1528. It tells the story of the first non-indigenous people to visit a large part of the present-day United States and Mexico and documents their first contacts with a number of pre-Columbian native American tribes. It...