Cabeza De Vaca Research Paper

Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World. Cabeza de Vaca was the second in command of Panfilo de Narvaez’s five-ship, 600-man expedition to Florida. In my opinion Cabeza de Vaca was an acceptable leader. A lot of what Cabeza de Vaca did on the expedition was reacting to situations. When Narvaez’s barge abandoned Cabeza de Vaca barge he became the leader. I think Cabeza de Vaca reacted to situations well. “The Inspector and I walked out and greeted them. They advanced, and we did our best to placate and ingratiate. We gave them beads and bells. And each one of them face us an arrow in pledge of friendship.” If Cabeza de Vaca didn’t befriend the Indians they all would of surely of been dead. Cabeza de Vaca kept a strong mind