A Brief Summary of "A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca"

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A land so strange
With its emerald gems and blue water, that archipelago was where Spain’s initial foothold in America, the Caribbean archipelago, was located. Diego Velázquez, a widower and the more senior of the two partners, was well-known for his humor and continual discussion of pleasure and mischief. Cuba, the archipelago’s most populous and potentially richest island, was taken over by Spanish rule in 1511. He collaborated with Pánfilo de Narv, who appeared to be a fearsome explorer. Aside from “Old Melchor” and “Little Julián,” they brought back to Cuba two natives of Yucatán who could comment on first impressions. As a result, Velázquez had to assemble a second expedition, led by his nephew Juan de Grijalva, which left in January 1518.[Resendez, Andres, and Davis, Jonathan. 2016. A Land So Strange The Epic Journey of Cabeza De Vaca. Audible Studios on Brilliance audio]
Technically, this second exploring expedition returned to Cuba with valuable items gained by bartering with the Yucatan Indians. It did not matter that neither man was fluent in Latin; the two had a falling out of favor. “Velázquez’s abuses of members of the Santo Domingo Audiencia (a high court with authority over Cub) were described in letters sent by Cortés in 1514 as he made his way back to Espanola”. On November 18, 1518, in the early hours, he assembled all of his ships and crews and his soldiers and departed Cuba. Narváez had been away from Cuba for three years when Cortés sailed away, leaving Velázquez to scream from the coast. As Diego Velázquez’s representative at the Spanish court, Narváez had been in Spain for three years ...