Esteban Dornate Chapter Summary

the western half of the United States of America. On their journey they drew maps and made

The book “A Land So Strange” by Andrés Reséndez basically illustrates 8 years of long odyssey from what is now Tampa, Florida to Mexico City on Cabeza de Vaca’s perspective. Cabaza de Vaca along with his companions named Andres Dorante, Alonso del Castillo, and Estebanico, are survivors of failed expedition to New World from Spain during 16th century. Unlike other members from the expedition, these four members found a way to live with native Indian tribes to survive. They were slaves of Indians and treated cruelly all the time. However, after long period of time of being slaves, they decided to make escape to Spanish territory. During their fugitive period, they had chance to help injured Indians. Their knowledge of certain medicine,

Moved from their land, forced into a new religion and way of thinking the natives were also mostly extinguished by European microbes. Not everyone was passive however and one of these people was Popay, being the leader various groups was very well known for his successful revolts in pueblo communities across New Mexico, keeping Spaniards for 12 years. The book also talks about the communities built by the natives and how they were mostly eradicated by disease. The story of Apolonaria Lorenzana is also talked about, living through the early days of Spanish missions to the closing of the American frontier and her importance as “La Beata” in San Diego missions. The identity crisis of those with Spanish ancestry and of Mexican decent by in new American soil is also mentioned. The legacy left by the Seguin family, to be more specific the importance of Juan Seguin’s role as a Mexican taking the American side for Texas

The Moor’s Account, by Laila Lalami explains the journey of Esteban a Moroccan the first non-Indian to explore what would become the American Southwest. I observed how Lalami created Esteban’s character from very little knowledge, because of the little information known about Esteban and his voyage. She made him into a character with only knowing he was a black man from Azemmour and gave him a family, history, and most importantly a voice. In doing this she gave readers a different viewpoint of the expedition. She also gives a deeper look into what really happened in the Indian territory that might have been purposely left out by Cabeza de Vaca. Esteban’s place in history was not given to him and that made Lalami want to give him exactly that and doing this she gave the views of powerless unlike the views of the powerful which we always see.

From what we know, the author Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, commonly referred to as Bernal Diaz, was a soldier-of-fortune. Coming from a moderately poor background he embarked on several expeditions under the lead of multiple captains to the new world hoping to make a prosperous living from the precious metals he

Leon-Portilla based the stories told in this book upon old writings of actual Aztec people who survived the Spanish massacres. The actual authors of the stories told in this book are priests, wise men and regular people who survived the killings. These stories represent the more realistic view of what really happened during the Spanish conquest. Most of the history about the Aztec Empire was based on Spanish accounts of events, but Leon-Portilla used writings from actual survivors to illustrate the true history from the Indians’ point of view.

Lastly, Diaz’s account is more credible because his distinctive experiences and he wrote the book to add his experience with the topic. First, he was a child of the Columbus’s exploration year. Then, he joined Cortez during his mission to explore and conquer the new world. After that, he wrote his book to the reading public in Spain to show that Aztec’s environment and how they respectfully welcomed them. Additionally, who wrote a book

The book Spanish Expeditions into Texas (1689-1768) by William C. Foster has thirteen chapters. In chapter One through Two the author talks about three diaries that were found during the expedition. The first diary the author talks about is De Leon’s personal diary and how it is translated into the English language. The second is Juan Bautista Chapa’s diary account which talks about the history of Nuevo Reino De Leon. The third one is about a letter found during 1690 expedition, it was from Fray D. Massanet’s to Don Carlos de Siguenz which was also translated into the English language.

The story is narrated in the first person by Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori, a Moroccan slave who has been taken by his Spanish master, Andrés de Dorantes, on an expedition to the New World. The expedition lands in Florida in the vicinity of what is now Tampa Bay. Under the leadership of Pánfilo de Narváez, the men leave their ships behind and travel inland to look for gold. As they journey northward, they face resistance by indigenous tribes, suffer from disease and starvation, and quarrel with one another. Within a year there are only four survivors: Cabeza de Vaca, the treasurer of the expedition; Alonso del Castillo, a young nobleman, Andrés de Dorantes, one of the captains; and his Moroccan slave, Mustafa, whom the other three Spaniards refer to as Estebanico. Together, these four survivors travel westward, crossing the continent and living among indigenous tribes, reinventing themselves along the way as

He and Cabeza traveled westward, and two thirds of North America was walked on by Estevan and Cabeza. The first exploration in New Mexico was lead by Estevan. He was sent with Fray Marcos back to New Mexico after this. Fray Marcos sent him forward and told him to leave behind crosses to tell Marcos what he found. He left large crosses for significant finds and small crosses for no finds. He was killed by the Zuni Indians in Hawkiuh. No one knows why he was killed, but historians believe he demanded gifts or he wore something offensive. He made an impact on Zunis because he now is a part of an Indian

The third attempt was guided by Friar de Niza, who was forced to guide. Not only was Friar de Niza called to lead, but also Estebanico had to guide. This would make Estebanico’s second trip in the search for Cibola. Their expedition “started north of Mexico [in] the present-day states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and parts of Kansas” (Early American History 1). As they were undertaking this task, Estebanico and Marcos would not get along during the journey since they would fight over who was the leader. During the expedition, Estebanico was known to be more of an intermediary and a healer among the people. Correspondingly, making him known to be the leader for he knew many languages and was the contact between the people and himself. Estebancio also kept distance from the others, he would abandon the soldiers and get ahead of them, leaving them behind. As it is known that he and Friar de Niza never coped or had an agreement which made Estebanico disobey him

Estaban, Cabeza De Vaca and Chakoh and Dorantes were often hungry and fearing for their lives from Indians. Estaban, Cabeza De Vaca, Chakoh and Dorantes were medicine men and this kept them from being killed by Indians. They were captured by coastal Indians for seven years. The men escaped to Texas and stayed with the Avavare Indians. They traveled through many deserts, grasslands, and swamps to escape from their Indian captors. There were hunters and farmers that helped them. There were cold seasons and warm seasons and the friendship lasted all the way to Mexico. The friends split off in Mexico. When Chakoh made it to Mexico he was given shelter and was gorging food with brother Salamo. He was learning about Jesus in some wrong doctrine from Fray Marcos. He

Estevanico the Moor explored because he was forced to by his master, Andres Dorantes de Carranca. He was a Moroccan slave, and as such, did not have a choice. Carranca was going on an expedition in 1528 to Florida, and brought his slave, Estevanico (“Estevanico, Biography in Context” Gale). He was a guide to Carranca and his expedition, and when the expedition was at what seemed to be its end, Estevanico keep the explorers exploring. He helped them to keep exploring the American Southwest. And when none of them would keep going, he continued to explore. Although his accomplishments may seem to be few, he helped many famous explorers to achieve their greatest accomplishments, whether as a guide, a healer, a medic, and, yes, a slave.

Their expedition lasted 159 days and they traveled nearly 1700 miles. They explored much of the Great Basin Desert and mountains of the west, including the rediscovery of the Grand Canyon.

World War 2 was a time where the Nazi Germans exerted a huge amount of power over different countries in Europe. Jewish and other non-Jewish people were sent to concentration camps to or executed based on their physical fitness. The resistance was disbanded, and the fighters had become prisoners of war. Jorge Semprun was one of the prisoners. In this essay, I will be discussing about the voyage that the author had gone through and the transformations, which the author goes through as a result of them.