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Cabeza de Vaca traveled through the Gulf of Mexico and Texas. He was a slave for the Karankawa Indians. He explored parts of Texas after he shipwrecked on Galveston Bay. He was the first surgeon of the west. He saved a Native Americans life.
Cabeza de Vaca claimed Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca was the explorer that found the state of Texas.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca explored what is now Texas in 1528.
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The Spanish conquistador Alvar Cabeza de Vaca explored Texas and eventually reached Mexico after the disastrous Narvaez expedition to Florida in 1528.
Cabeza de Vaca traveled through the Gulf of Mexico and Texas. He was a slave for the Karankawa Indians. He explored parts of Texas after he shipwrecked on Galveston Bay. He was the first surgeon of the west. He saved a Native Americans life.
Cabeza de Vaca claimed Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca was the explorer that found the state of Texas.
* Cabeza * Coronado
For Spain, the marooned conquistador Alvar Cabeza De Vacaexplored the Gulf of Mexico and Texas beginning in 1528. The exploration of the US Southwest came under the expedition of Francisco Coronado from 1540 to 1542.In eastern Texas, the Gulf Coast was later explored by the French explorer Robert de La Salle in an ill-fated 1684 expedition down the Misissippi River (the explorer was killed by mutineers on this voyage).
Texas
Cabeza de Vaca is famous for being a Spanish explorer who survived and wrote about his journey through the interior of North America, particularly in what is now Texas and northern Mexico. He is known for his account of interacting with various indigenous tribes and his experiences as a castaway.
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca.
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca was the first European in Texas.