USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH EXPLORERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many man survived and made the journey back to New Spain with CDV?
A
3
B
4
C
12
D
24
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -By September 20, they had finished building five boats. They sailed on September 22, 1528. After being ravaged by disease, starvation, and attacks by the various peoples they intended to conquer, 242 men had survived.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cabeza was one of the four that survived out of 300 men. How did Cabeza De Vaca survive? Cabeza survived because of his respect for the Indians, using his wilderness skills, and success as a healer.

Detailed explanation-3: -After returning to Spain, Cabeza de Vaca began writing an account of his journey in an attempt to gain the governorship, or Adelantado, of either Florida or Río de la Plata in South America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación, later known as “Naufragios, ” or “shipwrecks, calamities” is the tale of the first Europeans to confront and survive the peopled wilderness of North America. The years were 1528 to 1536, several decades before the English settled Jamestown and landed at Plymouth Rock.

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