Brutal Journey Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America

An account of the Narvez expedition chronicles the perilous odyssey of a group of would-be European explorers and conquerors who arrived in Florida in 1528, only four of whom survived the eight-year, five-thousand-mile journey through the North American wilderness, risking everything to finally reach Mexico and an outpost of the Spanish empire. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.