In this paper, the epic journey and expedition of Cabeza de Vaca would be discussed that why is his tale significant to understand the Spanish invasion of the Americas, what communication difficulties did he faced and what were the main aspects of his journey and our learning’s about native societies.
1. Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c.1490-c.1560) was born in Jeréz de la Frontera, Spain, to a respectable family; his initial profession was in the military. It was from San Lúcar de Barrameda that Cabeza de Vaca was to start his first venture in 1527 and, he was delegated second in charge of an expedition headed up by Panfilo de Narváez, who needed to assert the domain from Florida to Mexico for Spain. . Cabeza de Vaca's family had a long history of renowned support of Spanish eminence. His fatherly granddad, Pedro de Vera, had been one of the significant figures in the Spanish triumph of the Canary Islands, and his mom's family had earned illustrious support alongside the irregular title "Cabeza de Vaca", in real it is the head of the cow, when a laborer precursor helped a Spanish triumph against the Moors in 1212 by denoting an unguarded way with the skull of a cow. He was one of the four survivors of the 300-man expedition to Florida eight
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He disdained his treatment and wanted to flee to a neighboring tribe. Slowly he met with three different survivors of the undertaking, every one of whom lived as slaves in various groups. Their scattered circumstance and, in addition, their humble status made it difficult to arrange a getaway, and on a few events, they were baffled in their endeavors. At last, they got away to an adjacent tribe that respected the four men as healers. Their notoriety spread and they advanced gradually toward the South and toward the West, staying with various tribes and working their wonderful