Cabeza de Vaca’s Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America

Cabeza de Vacas Adventures in the outlander Interior of America describes the adventures of Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish soldier who was shipwrecked in the state of Florida in the year 1528. The objet dart traveled with a handful of his companions across the states of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, in addition to the north of Mexico for many geezerhood following the shipwreck. He was sometimes looked upon as a slave, at other times he became a medicine man for the Native Americans encountered along the way.The book describes Native Americans of the time in great depth. even so the flora and fauna of the time much of which was unique to Cabeza de Vaca may be seen through the eyes of the Spanish traveler (Covey, 1983). Indeed, this book is one of its kind not only for those that wish to discover more intimately the history of America but also ardent commentators of accounts of adventures. Cabeza de Vacas experiences open up the mind.After all(a), with all our modern convenie nces, including excellent means of transport, the people of our time are not expected to become woolly-headed and develop enough courage to find their way out of misadventures as did Cabeza de Vaca. Moreover, entirely unique adventures such as those experienced by the Spanish traveler are not easy to experience immediately with all sorts of information available to us in books and on the Internet. Perhaps this is the reason why the referee expects more from Cabeza de Vacas Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America.There are no maps in this book, and the modern-day reader expects illustrations to boot. What is more, Coveys translated and edited version of Cabeza de Vacas adventures is not quite easy to read. As an example, among sentences Covey has added material which may confuse the reader. The book was first published in 1961. Then again, Cabeza de Vacas adventures are thrilling enough for the reader to simply ignore the imperfections of this account.