Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey | The American West Ep. 31

Name: Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey | The American West Ep. 31
Uploaded: 2026-06-02T15:00:17.000Z
Duration: 51 min 41 s

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Cabeza De Vaca The American West First Contact

Almost exactly 500 years ago, a shipwrecked Spaniard named Cabeza de Vaca and three companions made the first trans-continental journey in the history of the American West. Then he wrote down his account of eight years in Native America, one of the great First Contact stories of all time.
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