A biography of the Spanish conquistador who survived a failed mission to Florida to spend seven years among Indians in the American Southwest and then tried to secure humane treatment of the Indians in the lower half of the South American continent.
Describes the life of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who traveled from Florida to Mexico and sought justice and fair treatment for the Native Americans.
Discusses the life and exploration of a descendant of Spanish politicians, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, who came to America as a conquistador but was captured and made a slave.
