Easy Podcast - Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, the first European to cross the US from east to west - Easy Español

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who lived countless adventures in the New World. One of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition, for 10 years he crossed -afoot- from Florida to New Mexico with nothing but the few clothes on his back, a small group of companions and a few goods he traded with indigenous tribes for food and protection. During these years, Cabeza de Vaca gained a reputation as a healer, earned the trust of native peoples, acted as mediator in tribal conflicts and learned how to communicate in different native languages. Click play and hear the exciting tales of this intrepid Spanish explorer who crossed the US from east to west and wrote a book about his unique adventures and contact with the native peoples of the US.