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A Land So Strange The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca

Andrés Reséndez

In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate...

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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

It was used as a source for the podcast, detailing Cabeza de Vaca's journey through the Americas, and his interactions with the indigenous peoples.

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So any quotes that I use are from Andres Resendez.

— Episode: 475 - Cabeza de Vaca - Part 2

Episode: 475 - Cabeza de Vaca - Part 2

It was used as a source for the podcast, detailing Cabeza de Vaca's journey through the Americas, and his interactions with the indigenous peoples.

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So any quotes that I use are from Andres Resendez.

So the source on this is a land so strange, the epic journey of Cabiza de Vaca by Andres Resendez.

Episode: 474 - Cabeza De Vaca - Part 1

The book was referenced as a source of information for the podcast episode. It was used as a basis to describe the events of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Florida and Texas, including the hardships faced by the Spanish explorers.

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So the ships have taken off and they they go to Cuba they come back they're searching one of the vessels sailed inside of the bay where they noticed a cane was stuck in the ground and it was clearly stuck there by people it was split at the top and there's a letter perched on the top so they're like oh well this is a letter from Narvaez right

in short time of us 80 men who arrived there from both uh rafts only 15 remained alive

it was november and the cold was very great and we were so thin that with little difficulty our bones could be counted and we appeared like the very image of death

other things that I refrain from mentioning and I believe assuredly that if in that land there were stones they would eat them

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