Brandon writes and records stories about Texas and México.

3.05 - The Gulf

3.05 - The Gulf

Brandon Seale
Episode 5 - 1527 Hernando Colón, courtesy of Jim MacDougald (1527). Note the label on the North American portion, Tierra que aora va poblar panfilo de narvaes..jpeg

How the Narváez expeditionaries returned to the Gulf of Mexico. How the Gulf "turned" on them. And how all the tools of conquest began to fail them.

Pages: f16r-f20v in Zamora (1542) Edition as published by Adorno and Pautz (1999).

Cover art: "Hernando Colon Map," courtesy of Jim MacDougald (1527). Note the label on the North American portion, "Tierra que aora va poblar panfilo de narvaes."

3.06 - The Island of Ill-Fate (aka, Galveston)

3.06 - The Island of Ill-Fate (aka, Galveston)
3.04 - Apalache

3.04 - Apalache