Browse Items (135 total)

In 1625 Englishman Samuel Purchas published an anthology of exploration literature titled Purchas: His Pilgrimage. Included in the pages was the first-ever English translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account:

"A Relation of Alvaro Nunez Called Capo di…

The 1555 edition of Cabeza de Vaca's La relación y comentarios measures 5-3/8 inches across and 7-3/8 inches tall. The book contains 144 numbered leaves and was rebound with a leather cover sometime in the late 1700s or early 1800s.

The 1542 edition title page is reproduced in The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca. Translated by Fanny Bandelier and edited with an introduction by Ad. F. Bandelier. Allerton Book Co, NY. MCMXXII (copyright 1904 by Williams-Barker Co.)

The Account and Commentaries of Governor Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, of what occurred on the two journeys that he made to the Indies.

With privilege.

Priced by the Lords of the Council
At eighty-five maravedís