|a Florida |0 |x Discovery and exploration |x Spanish. |a America |x Discovery and exploration |x Spanish. |a Indians of North America |x First contact with other peoples. |a Indians of North America |x History |y 16th century.

|a Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, |d active 16th century. Now, by combining the accounts of the explorers with findings of archaeologists and academic historians, Schneider offers an authentic narrative to replace a legend of North American exploration.-From publisher description. They had become killers and cannibals, torturers and torture victims, slavers and enslaved, faith healers, arms dealers, canoe thieves, and spider eaters-whatever it took to survive long enough to reach an outpost of the Spanish empire. The survivors brought nothing back other than their story, but what a tale it was. But only four of the four hundred would survive: eight years and a 5,000-mile journey later, three Spaniards and a black Moroccan wandered out of the wilderness to the north of the Rio Grande and into Mexico. Bound for glory, they landed in Florida in 1528. |a This book tells the story of an army of would-be conquerors who came to the New World on the heels of Cortés. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages -350) and index. |a x, 366 pages : |b illustrations, maps |c 25 cm |a Brutal journey : |b the epic story of the first crossing of North America / |c Paul Schneider. Now, by combining the accounts of the explorers with findings of archaeologists and academic historians, Schneider offers an authentic narrative to replace a legend of North American exploration.|a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d BAKER |d C#P |d BUR |d E3V

This book tells the story of an army of would-be conquerors who came to the New World on the heels of Cortés. 350) and indexĪ continent to call his own - The company gathers - Across the ocean sea - Into the gulf - The requirement - In Tocobaga's charnel house - Leaving safety harbor - Across the Withlacoochee - The sound of flutes - In the land of the Apalachee - Chest-high in hell - Into the gulf- again - Father of waters - Castaways - The isle of bad fortune - Figueroa's attempt - The news from Malhado - The traveling salesman - Pecans and prickly pears - The burning bush - The traveling medicine show - Six hundred hearts of deer - Peace in the valley - Lost in the New World

Brutal Journey by Paul Schneider