Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1559) was one of the four survivors of Pánfilo de Narváez’s fleet. He led one of the most eventful life stories of his time, which he described in his book Shipwrecks and Commentaries, now considered the first historical account of the territories that make up the present-day United States.