Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeça De Vaca

The first Spanish edition was published at Zamora in 1542, under title: "La relacion que dio Aluar Nuñez Cabeça de Veca de lo acaescido enlas Indias enla armada donde yua por gouernador Pãphilo de Narbaez, desde el año de veynte y siete hasta el año de treynta y seys ..." The present edition is a revision of B. Smith's translation privately printed at Washington in 1851, from the 2d Spanish edition, published at Valladolid, 1555. The appendix includes translations of various Spanish documen