Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America
Paul Schneider, . . Holt, $26 (366pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-6835-1
Despite his failure to suppress the rebellious Cortés in Mexico, would-be conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez was given another chance by the king of Spain, who awarded him governorship over the entire Gulf Coast of the modern United States. But Narváez's luck was no better this time: the expedition, which arrived in 1528, was a complete disaster. Out of the 400 men who went ashore in Florida, only four made it to Mexico eight years later, long after Narváez himself was lost at sea in a makeshift boat. Schneider (
Reviewed on: 03/06/2006
Genre: Nonfiction
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