USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first set foot on land that would become Texas in 1528, when his crude raft ran aground near Galveston Island.

Detailed explanation-2: -By 1545, he had been ousted from his position and convicted on a corruption charge in Spain. Exiled to Africa, Cabeza de Vaca was eventually pardoned.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca represented the country of Spain. In 1527, he participated in an expedition to the New World led by Conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez.

Detailed explanation-4: -Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, (born c. 1490, Extremadura, Castile [now in Spain]-died c. 1560, Sevilla, Spain), Spanish explorer who spent eight years in the Gulf region of present-day Texas. Núñez was treasurer to the Spanish expedition under Pánfilo de Narváez that reached what is now Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1528.