The Seven Cities Of Cibola

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado – left in search of gold – Seven Cities of Cibola

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.

Cabeza De Vacaśsurvival was a mystery among others or was it ? In the spring of 1527 five spanish ships set sail for the New world one of them was holding a man named Cabeza De Vaca.After waiting for winter to stop Panfilo De Narvaez (The leader of the expedition) hopelessly confused made accidental landfall near modern day tampa bay,Florida After 2 difficult months,Narvaez and his men arrived at Apalache Bay and only new he had to travel west to get to mexico and told the men to melt guns down into tools to build 5 rafts that could hold fifty men and one of the five rafts was led by Cabeza. Some wondered how Cabeza survived when he came back from his horrible trip and I have three of many to tell you abou. Cabezaś survival was attributed by having faith in god, the ability to be trusted by indians,and being able to heal the indians.

Fawcett believed that archeological evidence showed that an advanced and wealthy ancient kingdom had existed in the Amazon. As an archeologist he researched the Amazon for years leading up to his expedition, and his findings were spectacular and controversial. He was so obsessed with what he called the city of Z that he could describe it in detail, as “in a valley, about ten miles wide… with a barreled roadway of stone…the houses are low and windowless, and there is a pyramidal temple” (Grann 40). His obsession was single minded, and his pursuit of science revolved around finding a spectacular city that might never have existed. Many others have followed in his footsteps. Since his disappearance, up to one hundred explorers have died searching for the city of Z or information about Fawcett’s fate. In an interview with NPR, Grann admitted that he had also become “obsessed” while researching and writing City of Z. While trying to figure out what happened to Fawcett, he found himself dreaming of finding the city of Z himself. (“Explorer’s ‘Deadly Obsession’ With Lost

Coronado went out to find the cities of gold and riches. This made him start an expedition up north to try and find these so called golden cities. Instead of finding the golden cities he found something else. He found small Indian villages. Instead of leaving them be, he had another idea. He decided to force his way into the village taking it over and forcing the Indians to leave. But he also found something else, he found

People that were inclined to look for gold were forced to make beds in the numbing cold of the snow, which made for unfortunate living conditions. The food had to be carefully looked after so that it was not eaten by animals, and when it turned dark it was mandatory to tie their food up in trees. Forgetfulness would not be tolerated when it came to looking after your food because if you forgot to tie it up, even once, you would face starvation or have to turn back and abandon your aspiration to locate gold. The journey felt like an extensively long time, and they had to make camp often because of the heavy luggage that was impossible to bear for excessive periods of time. These situations were bound to turn anybody weary and, from an outsider’s perspective, even be enough for a person to desert your ambition of finding riches completely, but people in the past managed to endure these problems, despite them being some of the hardest challenges ever

Lastly, Cabeza had amazing wilderness skills. As it shows in Document A, “Cabeza made a 2,500 mile walk to Mexico City. While on that adventure he crossed many rivers, mountains, and deserts.” Also, “In 1529 Cabeza De Vaca fought starvation as a slave and survived” (Document B). “One other amazing thing that Cabeza did to stay warm was finding a tree that had been struck by sighting and using that was a light and heat source.”

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

Without Cabeza knowledge of four Indian languages(Document B) and communication skills, this man would have died. Cabeza was able to befriend his captors and become a trader til he escaped all due to his mastery of language(Cabeza de Vaca: How did He Survive, Document B).

He explored much of the deep, southern United States. He was influenced by Juan Ponce de León’s accomplishments and success in Florida. He is said to be the first European to cross the Mississippi River. He was searching for gold, silver, and a route to China. He is important as he was the founder of the southern US. He died present day Alabama in 1542.

Research Question: The New World was not found in a day! Who are the famous explores from 1492-1550’s?

Have you ever been shipwrecked in East Texas with 3 other men and 2400 miles away from help? Well that's what happened with Cabeza De Vaca when he was on an expedition to new Spain in the 1520s. With all of this happening you might be wondering how he survived. Cabeza de vaca survived mainly because of his communication skills,because He was a healer,and because of his relationship with the native americans

The time period of 1492 to 1750 was an era of conquest and innovation. Arounnd this time was when there was more interactions between the Eastern and Western hemispheres of the world. These interactions had major impacts on the world as a whole at the time, both good and bad. During this time in the Atlantic world, European dominance and the demand for God, gold, and glory remained constant, while there were significant social changes in the Native American population and the attitude that native had towards the Europeans.

Whenever you hear about the European Exploration, or ‘The Age of Discovery’’ you hear a lot about what the Europeans gained from it, while they did learn a lot from this and gather a lot of new resources they were not the only ones affected. The Age of Discovery affected more areas that just Europe, it also affected the Americas and Africa. To prove this we must first know what European Exploration is.

explorers tried to figure out who was right and who was wrong. They waited the