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The year was 1490. It was a 

beautiful day in 

Extremadura, Spain. 

Everyone was excited for 

Christopher Columbus's trip 

to the New World. Traders 

and merchants were selling 

marvelous items in the 

market. And a baby was 

born. "His name will be Alvar 

Nunez Cabeza de Vaca," 

said his mother.

Thirty-eight years later, Narvaez's 

expedition, only for the royal Spanish, was 

approaching. Cabeza de Vaca wanted to find 

a route from Spain to the Mexican shore of 

the Gulf coast, which was named La Florida 

before our time. He and Narvaez were 

planning to colonize the countries that lie 

there.

Two years after, they landed in 

Cuba, unknowingly. He spent 

eight whole years on the shore. 

More and more people started to 

die of starvation, but he survived. 

When he was sailing with Narvaez, they 

saw the shore of another country. They 

sailed till the crew got to it. They did not 

reach the shore of Mexico. They 

eventually found out they arrived on the 

coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

While they were in Florida, Narvaez 

overthrew Cabeza de Vaca. Narvaez 

started a march through Florida. 

Unfortunately, Narvaez, Cabeza de Vaca, 

and the rest of the crew were lost on the 

Floridian soil.

After months and months through the 

swamps and wilderness, they reached 

Apalachee Bay in the northeastern part of 

the Gulf of Mexico. They were left with only 

a minimal number of 242 men. 

They were starving, wounded, sick, and 

lost in the horrifying swampy terrain. 

Tragically, they ate their horses to survive. 

This was obviously the most depressing 

part of their ridiculous trip.

Another reason they killed these wonderful 

creatures was because they needed to 

make bellows, a device which blasts a 

massive amount of air to make fires larger.

They built five new rafts to still look for 

Mexico. They did not want to pass up the 

rumors of gold. They continued westward 

and arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi 

River. 

A hurricane impaired their schedule and 

scattered all the ships all over the Gulf, not 

knowing where the other boats had gone. 

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