Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish Explorer(c. 1490-c. 1558)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
• Also known as: Cabeza de Vaca
• Birth: variously 1488, 1490, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
• Death: variously 1557, 1558, 1559, or 1560, Seville, Spain
• Language: Spanish
• Who he was: Spanish explorer; La relación of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (The Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza De Vaca)

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