...Cabeza De Vaca: How did he survive? In 1528, a Spanish explorer by the name of Cabeza De Vaca washed ashore the east side of Texas on a raft, he arrived naked with no shoes, and later, an Indian band of natives acted as Cabeza’s caretaker, but then later enslaved him. In 1530, two years later, Cabeza finally escaped from his Indian captors and he joined an Indian tribe called the Charrucos. They gave Cabeza the freedom to trade their goods among nearby Indian groups, exchanging shells for hides and flint for animal hearts. Cabeza De Vaca survived because of this, joining this Indian tribe and learning different languages. After learning these languages, Indians liked him more and traded more and better things with him, also giving him food and shelter. Cabeza grew popular, to Indian bands after this, so they didn’t kill him for that reason. In 1542, Cabeza was brought an Indian man that was in need of medical help, there was an arrow that wounded his right shoulder and right over his heart. Cabeza grabbed the knife he had, and cut his chest open to the wound, and dug the arrow out. With a deer bone, Cabeza gave the man two stitches, and two days later, Cabeza removed the stitches and the Indian man was healed. After this medical procedure, he had a great reputation among the land. Cabeza De Vaca...
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...Cabeza de vaca had to walk there gigantic swamp with each step stinking more and more into the wet mud. With millions of mosquitoes biting every step. Cabeza De Vaca came to the new world trying to set up new towns. Then build a raft and traveled many miles, but there raft shipwreck in Galveston, Texas. Cabeza de Vaca survived by being a healer, used his wilderness skills, and Amazing respect for Native Americans. Cabeza de Vaca was healer to the Native Americans. (According to Document C,and this cure gave us a very great reputation among them throughout the whole land) Because of him being able to heal no one would want to kill him. He could stay alive use it to his advantage. Where if they did not know about him we could tell them he can...
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...Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born around 1490 and lived in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. His father was Don Francisco de Vera and his mother was Dona Teresa Cabeza de Vaca. Alvar was one of six children. Cabeza de Vaca was first employed by the military and left to Italy where he would start his service in 1511. He was under Charles the fifth’s rule when he and an army of men fought the battle of Ravenna before returning to Spain in 1512. After the Battle of Ravenna when Cabeza de Vaca went back to spain he ended up working for the duke of medina sidonia. His service for the duke took up many years. In 1520 Cabeza de Vaca got married to a lady by the name of Maria Marmolejo but he rarely spoke of her. On June 17 1527 Panfilo Narvaez was sent to conquer and colonize in Florida. Aiding Panfilo was a crew of 400 men in five ships all moving toward Florida. Their goal was to conquer and govern from the palmas river to the cape of Florida. Cabeza de Vaca was appointed treasurer and second in command of this expedition....
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...You are stranded on an island with 250 men, soon you and your fellow castaways are struggling to survive with low amounts of food and water. Within a year you and three other men are the only ones to survive. There is one thought in your head… how much longer can we survive? In the spring of 1527 five ships and 300 men set sail for the new world. Soon the ships crashed on modern day Galveston Island Texas and within one year only four castaways were still alive - one of which was a “37 year old military veteran named Cabeza de Vaca” (Background Essay). How did he survive? Cabeza de Vaca survived because of his success as a healer, respect for Native Americans, and lastly his wilderness skills. The first reason Cabeza de vaca survived was...
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...vocabGCSE 09 Spanish Vocabulary book Version- Draft 1 GCSE Spanish Edexcel GCSE in Spanish Edexcel GCSE 2009 Spanish Vocabulary Book Edexcel are pleased to oprovide this free vocabulary book freely to support learners following the the Edexcel GCSE 2009 Specification in Spanish. Please note: the most up to date version of this document is available on the Edexcel website and a definitive list of core vocabulary is available in the Edexcel Specification. Introduction This bilingual glossary has been produced to support you in your language learning and to help you prepare for the Edexcel GCSE. It features a revised minimum core vocabulary foundation level vocabulary (this has been expanded from the original one in the specification) as well as higher level vocabulary. English meanings, genders and irregular word endings are given and the vocabulary is listed both alphabetically and under the following Edexcel headings: High Frequency Language Verbs Adjectives Colours Adverbs Numbers Quantities Connecting Words Time Expressions Times Days of the Week Months of the Year Question Words Countries Continents Nationalities Areas/Mountains/Cities/Rivers Acronyms and Abbreviations Social Conventions Prepositions Listening and Reading Topics Out and About - Visitor Information, Basic Weather, Local Amenities, Accommodation, Public Transport, Directions Customer Services and Transactions - Cafes and Restaurants, Shops, Dealing with Problems Personal Information - General...
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...accident n accidente ago adv accidental adj accidental agree v accidentally adv accidentalmente accommodation alojamiento, espacio, plazas agreement n ahead adv n accompany v acompañar aid n, v according to según algo aim n, v prep account n, v cuenta, relato / considerar air n aircraft n accurate adj preciso airport n accurately adv con precisión alarm n, v accuse v acusar a alguien alarmed adj achieve v lograr alarming adj achievement n logro alcohol n acid n acido alcoholic adj, n acknowledge v reconocer/agradecer/enterarse alive adj all adj, pron, acquire v adquirir adv across adv, a través de / all right adj, prep adv, interj act n, v acto, ley / actuar allied adj action n acción allow v active adj activo actively adv activamente ally v, n activity n actividad almost adv actor, actress n actor alone adj, adv actual adj Exacto / verdadero along prep, adv actually adv en realidad, de hecho ad Ver anuncio advertisement alongside prep, adapt v adaptarse adv add v añadir aloud adv addition n incorporación, adquisición alphabet n additional adj address n, v...
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