Cabeza de Vaca (film)

Cabeza de Vaca is a 1991 Mexican film about the adventures of lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca c. 1490 c. 1557, an early Spanish explorer, as he traversed what later became the American Southeast. He was one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition and shipwreck. He became known as a shaman among the Native American tribes he encountered, which helped him survive. His journey of a number of years began in 1528. After his return to Spain, he published his journal in 1542. The screenplay by Guillermo Sheridan and Nicols Echevarra is based on this journal.

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