He was born in Valladolid, Spain and died on his expedition to Florida. De Narvaez was granted the land of Florida by the Emperor Charles V in 1526. The stranded men hastily made 5 makeshift rafts on which they sailed west, hoping to reach a Spanish settlement in Mexico.
Q. Why do the Spanish adventures call the estuary near their campsite the Bay of horses?
The 250 starving Spanish adventurers dubbed the shallow estuary near their campsite the “Bay of Horses,” because every third day they killed yet another draft animal, roasted it, and consumed the flesh. Eating the horses gave them time to build the rafts.
Table of Contents
- Q. Why do the Spanish adventures call the estuary near their campsite the Bay of horses?
- Q. How did Cabeza de Vaca impact the world?
- Q. What country did Cabeza de Vaca represent?
- Q. How many miles did Cabeza de Vaca walk?
- Q. How did Panfilo de Narvaez lose his supply ships?
- Q. Why couldn’t the ships find Narváez and his men?
- Q. Which explorer landed in the Tampa Bay area?
- Q. Who was pánfilo de Narváez sent to capture in Mexico?
Q. How did Cabeza de Vaca impact the world?
Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, he is the first European to set foot on the soil of the future Lone Star state. Cabeza de Vaca’s unintentional journey to Texas was a disaster from the start. A series of dire accidents and Indian attacks plagued his expedition’s 300 men as they explored north Florida.
Q. What country did Cabeza de Vaca represent?
Spanish
Q. How many miles did Cabeza de Vaca walk?
2,400 miles
Q. How did Panfilo de Narvaez lose his supply ships?
The ships drifted along the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, passing Pensacola Bay and the mouth of the Mississippi River. As the journey progressed, the boats were gradually lost, and at about the beginning of November 1528, Narváez disappeared when his own vessel was suddenly blown out to sea.
Q. Why couldn’t the ships find Narváez and his men?
They seized one of their villages. They forced them to walk to Mexico City. Why couldn’t the ships find Narváez and his men? They went the wrong direction.
Q. Which explorer landed in the Tampa Bay area?
Hernando De Soto
Q. Who was pánfilo de Narváez sent to capture in Mexico?
He is most remembered as the leader of two failed expeditions: In 1520 he was sent to Mexico by the Governor of Cuba Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, with the objective of stopping the invasion by Hernán Cortés which had not been authorized by the Governor.
