Tag: Cabeza de Vaca

Photo of Hector Aguayo with Cabeza de Vaca Statue

We Matter, We’ve Always Been Here: How a 500-Year-Old Manuscript Helped Me Find Closure

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This post is by guest researcher and Texas State University Alumni Hector Aguayo. A year ago, I embarked on a long-awaited road trip through Texas, retracing the footsteps of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish explorer whose survival story stands apart from the conventional narratives of European conquest. As a proud graduate of Texas …

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Breathing new life into Cabeza de Vaca’s La relación

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Scholars of Texas, U.S. and world history can now access an innovative online resource that showcases the earliest written account of Texas and the Southwest. Texas State University Libraries and The Wittliff Collections today launched a website celebrating La relación, a book written by Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and originally published in …

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