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We leave Hispaniola and head o Cuba and Trinidad.  We are happy to be in Cuba among some fellow Spaniards.

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We have been at sea for 15 days without seeing land

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April 12 1528 we depart from Cadiz, Spain. I have been appointed the treasurer by my Captain, Pamfilo de Narvaez.  This is a very important position

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I returned to Spain after my 8 year expedition across Texas and tell Emperor Carlos V about expedition. I also tell him about the inhuman treatment of the natives by the Spanish Conquistadors. He thanks me by granting me the post of governor of La Plata regions.

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We make our way to Mexico city where we are welcomed by fellow explorers and the governor of New Spain. I depart for Spain but my other three companions decide to stay in the new world.

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We meet spanish soldiers who help us by giving us food and supplies. and make our way a frontier outpost of New Spain

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We live on the Isle of misfortune as slaves, but it only takes us a year to escape to the mainland.

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On April 12, after over a year of travel, we finally reach land (Tampa Bay)

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We reach the Island of Hispaniola and decide to stay for a month because the weather has been unpredictable.  We have encountered hurricane like storms.

Various disasters befall the expedition which eventually resulted in out shipwreck. Hurricanes, thunderstorms, a lack of food and water. Absolute disaster

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We spent the next 8 years in hardship exploring the land of Texas and Mexico, living and trading with the natives. They think I am a medicine man.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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We break up into groups and explore land and sea around the Gulf of Mexico. Many misfortunes befall our expedition and many men die. The only survivors are myself, my slave Estevanico, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, and Andres Durante de Carranza

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My name is Cabeza de Vaca, and I am going to explore the south-west land.