Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca as Spanish explorer of the New World.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was born at Jerez de la Frontera in 1507. His recorded nationality is Spain.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as conquistador, explorer and military personnel.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca died in 1559, aged 52. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as conquistador, explorer and military personnel
