3.08 - Castaways

How Cabeza de Vaca and his companions were reunited with some of their fellow Narváez expeditionaries, including Alonso Castillo, Andrés Dorantes, and Estevan. How they tried to integrate themselves into the daily rhythms of the Cavoque community.And what happened that first winter when Native American and European immune systems were compromised by hunger, cold, and exposure to diseases they had never met before.

Pages: f23r-f26r in Zamora (1542) Edition as published by Adorno and Pautz (1999).

Cover art: "Expedition Cabeza de Vaca Karte," Wikicommons, Public Domain.

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