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Tables of Contents for Alvar Nunez Cebeza De Vaca
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
volume 3
List of Figures, Maps, and Table
ix
12
List of Abbreviations
xxi
 
Creation and Reception of the Relacion
1
200
12 Textual History of Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion
3
116
1. Introduction: Texts and Sources
3
5
2. Antecedents of the 1542 Relacion (1527 to 1540)
8
44
3. The Published Relacion of Cabeza de Vaca (1538-42)
52
23
4. The Short Report and Alonso de Santa Cruz (c. 1542)
75
8
5. Summary of Relationships of the Writings on the Narvaez Expedition
83
1
6. The Relacion y comentarios (1555)
84
35
13 Readers of Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion (Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries)
119
56
1. Introduction
119
3
2. Personal Encounters in New Spain (1536-41)
122
7
3. The De Soto Expedition Accounts (1540s and 1550s)
129
6
4. Historical and Theoretical Accounts of the 1540s and 1550s
135
5
5. Italian Translation (1556) and Reading (1565) of the Relacion
140
1
6. The Coronado Narratives of the 1560s
141
3
7. Juan Lopez de Velasco's Geografia... (1571-74)
144
1
8. Explorers of Nueva Vizcaya in the 1580s
145
5
9. Garcilaso de la Vega's La Florida del Inca ([1587] 1605)
150
4
10. Jose de Acosta's De procuranda... (1588) and Historia natural y moral de las Indias (1590)
154
1
11. Baltasar Dorantes de Carranza's Sumaria relacion... (1604)
155
1
12. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas's Historia general de los hechos... (1601-15)
156
2
13. English Readings of the Early Seventeenth Century
158
3
14. Soldiers as Missionaries (1610s and 1620s)
161
2
15. Regional Foundations (1640s and 1650s)
163
3
16. Pellicer's Genealogia de... Cabeza de Vaca (1652)
166
2
17. Fernandez del Pulgar's "Historia de la Florida" (1694)
168
1
18. Ardoino's Examen apologetico... (1730s)
168
2
19. Historians of Nueva Galicia (1742, 1777)
170
1
20. Concluding Remarks
171
4
14 Spanish-Language Editions of the Relacion (1730s to Present)
175
26
1. Introduction
175
2
2. The Eighteenth-Century Reedition of the Relacion
177
12
3. Enrique de Vedia's 1852 Transcription of Barcia's 1731 Edition
189
1
4. Serrano y Sanz's 1906 Transcription of the Valladolid (1555) Text
190
1
5. Spurious Enrique Pena Editions of 1909 and 1911
190
1
6. Popular Spanish Editions of the Relacion in the Twentieth Century
191
4
7. Less Traditional Versions of the Relacion
195
2
8. Critical Study of the Relacion in Spanish: New Transcriptions of the Valladolid (1555) Text
197
1
9. Surviving Copies of the Sixteenth-Century Editions
198
3
Historical Contexts of the Relacion
201
182
15 Panfilo de Narvaez and Spanish Activity in the Gulf of Mexico (1508 to 1528)
203
80
1. Introduction
203
2
2. The Chroniclers' Descriptions of Narvaez and His Early Years in America
205
5
3. Spanish Presence in the Caribbean: The Search for Gold and Slaves (1508 to 1516)
210
3
4. Spanish Entrance into the Gulf of Mexico (1513 to 1518)
213
8
5. Narvaez at the Castilian Court as Advocate for Cuba (1515 to 1519)
221
3
6. Cortes's Expedition to Mexico (1519)
224
3
7. Francisco de Garay's Exploration of the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (1518 to 1519)
227
18
8. Struggle for Control of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Mainland (Summer 1519 to December 1521)
245
13
9. Cortes, Garay, and the Second Conquest of Panuco (1522-23)
258
12
10. Ponce de Leon's and Vazquez de Ayllon's Attempts to Settle on the Florida Peninsula (1520 to 1526)
270
8
11. New Spain, Panuco, and the Rio de las Palmas (1523 to 1528)
278
5
16 The South Sea from Columbus to Cabeza de Vaca
283
42
1. Introduction
283
3
2. Columbus and the South Sea: Asian Mirages
286
8
3. Balboa and the South Sea (1513)
294
4
4. Cortes and the South Sea (1521 to 1526)
298
10
5. The Conquistador and Governance in the Indies
308
2
6. Cortes and the South Sea (1527 to 1539)
310
10
7. The South Sea in Relation to Mainland Goals
320
5
17 Nuno de Guzman (c. 1490 to 1558) and the Conquest of Nueva Galicia
325
58
1. Introduction
325
1
2. Cabeza de Vaca and Nuno de Guzman
326
1
3. Sources for the History of the Conquest of Nueva Galicia
327
4
4. Guzman's Family Background and Early Career
331
2
5. The Governorship of Panuco (1525 to 1533)
333
7
6. Presidency of the First Audiencia of New Spain (1528 to 1530)
340
12
7. Guzman's Trans-Mexico Objectives: The Conquest of "Greater Spain" and Appointment as Governor of Nueva Galicia (1531)
352
5
8. Peoples and Provinces of the Area of the Conquest of Nueva Galicia
357
2
9. Nuno de Guzman's Conquest of Nueva Galicia
359
15
10. Diego de Guzman's Expedition of 1533
374
1
11. Removal from the Governorship of Nueva Galicia (1537) and Residencias
375
2
12. Contino of the Royal Court (1540 to 1558)
377
6
Bibliography
383
36
Index
158
2
12. Indians of the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico in 1528
160
3
6 PART 5: Six and a Half Years on the Texas Coast of the Gulf of Mexico: Galveston Bay to the Rio Conchos/San Fernando (Tamaulipas) (November 1528 to Mid-/Late Summer 1535) (f20v-f48r)
163
124
1. Narrative Structure of Cabeza de Vaca's Account
164
4
2. The Continued Search for Panuco
168
13
3. Organization of This Textual Commentary
181
1
I. Shoreline Travel among the Peoples of the Coastal Islands and Mainland (Late 1528 to Late Summer 1534) (f20v-f35r)
182
63
4. The Expedition's Arrival on the Texas Coast
183
7
5. Messengers from Malhodo: Figueroa's Attempt to Reach Panuco (Late 1528 to April 1529)
190
4
6. Winter at Malhado (November 1528 to March 1529)
194
5
7. The Dorantes/Castillo Party's Journey down the Coast (Spring 1529)
199
11
8. Four Years of Captivity on the Islands and the Mainland (Mid-1529 to Spring 1533)
210
5
9. Cabeza de Vaca and Lope de Oviedo's Journey from Malhado to the River of Nuts (Spring 1533)
215
2
10. The River of Nuts
217
1
11. Cabeza de Vaca's Reunion with Dorantes, Castillo, and Estevanico (Spring 1533)
218
1
12. The Prickly Pear Cacti
219
5
13. Cabeza de Vaca, Dorantes, Castillo, and Estevanico among the Mariames and the Yguases (Spring 1533 to Late Summer 1534)
224
2
14. The Narvaez Expedition Survivors and the North American Bison
226
11
15. Indians of the Texas Coastal Islands and Shore from Galveston Bay to Padre Island
237
8
II. Travel Parallel to the Coast through the Coastal Interior toward Panuco (f35r-f48r)
245
42
II.A. The Escape from the Mariames through Eight Months with the Avavares (Late Summer 1534 to Midsummer 1535)
245
1
16. Escape from the Mariames and Yguases (September 1534)
245
2
17. Move to the Avavares (October 1534)
247
2
18. Eight Months with the Avavares (Autumn 1534 to Midsummer 1535)
249
4
II.B. Continuous Travel toward Panuco through the Coastal Interior to the Sighting of Mountains (Mid-/Late Summer 1535)
253
1
19. Move from the Avavares to the Maliacones and the Arbadaos
253
1
20. Two Lengthy Interpolations to the Relacion
253
1
21. Departure from the Arbadaos to the First Village Where the Narvaez Survivors Were Revered
254
3
22. Mesquite and the Last Village North of the Rio Grande
257
3
23. A River as Wide as the One of Seville: Crossing the Rio Grande
260
2
24. The Settlements beyond the Rio Grande to the Sighting of Mountains near the Coast
262
2
25. Indians of the Prickly Pear and Mesquite Lands
264
2
26. Cabeza de Vaca's Account of Sodomy and Same-Sex Unions among Indians of the Texas Coast
266
6
27. Miracle Cures and Mala Cosa: The Expeditionaries' Place among the Indians of the Coast from Malhado to Northern Tamaulipas
272
15
7 PART 6: The Turn Inland to the Maize/Bison Fork: The Rio Conchos/San Fernando (Tamaulipas) to La Junta de los Rios (Texas-Chihuahua Border) (Midsummer to Early Autumn 1535) (f48r-f54v)
287
36
1. The Appearance of Mountains in Tamaulipas (Midsummer 1535)
290
3
2. Upstream on the Rio Conchos System and the Turn Inland
293
2
3. A Fictitious Episode
295
2
4. "Children of the Sun"
297
3
5. New Zones of Circulation and Exchange
300
3
6. Heading Northwest through Nuevo Leon into Coahuila
303
2
7. Copper and Cotton: News of the North at the Sierra de la Gloria
305
3
8. Looking Northward to the South Sea
308
2
9. From the Sierra de la Gloria to the Rio Grande
310
5
10. "Most Obedient People": North of the Rio Grande
315
2
11. Heading North and West to La Junta de los Rios (Early Autumn 1535)
317
4
12. Interpreting Interactions with Native Groups
321
2
8 PART 7: The Maize/Bison Fork to the "Land of Christians": La Junta de los Rios to the Rio Petatlan (Early Autumn 1535 to Spring 1536) (f54v-f58v)
323
36
1. From the "People of the Cows" to the "Houses of Maize" (Early to Late Autumn 1535)
326
4
2. Sonora River Culture
330
1
3. Trade and Commerce
331
3
4. The Promise of Spiritual Wealth
334
1
5. From the Houses of Maize to Corazones: Terrain and Orientation
335
4
6. The Location of Corazones
339
5
7. The Distance from Corazones to the Areas of Spanish Exploration (Rio Yaqui) and Encampment (Rio Petatlan)
344
2
8. The Discovery of European Artifacts
346
1
9. From the Rio Yaqui to the Rio Petatlan (Christmastime 1535 to Spring 1536)
346
1
10. Diego de Guzman's Expedition of 1533
347
1
11. The Highland Retreat
348
3
12. "Down from the Sky"
351
8
9 PART 8: The Journey from the Rio Petatlan to Mexico-Tenochtitlan (Spring 1536 to 23 July 1536) (f58v-f63v)
359
30
1. Reunion at the Rio Petatlan (Spring 1536)
361
2
2. Diego de Alcaraz
363
2
3. The Narvaez Survivors' Meeting with Alcaraz
365
1
4. Turkish Bows
366
1
5. From the Rio Petatlan to San Miguel de Culiacan (Thirty to Fifty Leagues)
367
1
6. Earliest Spanish Contact in the Province of Culiacan
368
3
7. San Miguel de Culiacan (Founded 1531)
371
4
8. Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions' Meeting with Melchior Diaz (late April 1536)
375
2
9. Melchior Diaz, Alcalde mayor of San Miguel de Culiacan
377
1
10. Resettlement at Culiacan: Native Strategies and Spanish Law
377
6
11. Cabeza de Vaca's Conclusions about the Land of His Captivity
383
2
12. San Miguel de Culiacan to Compostela (Eighty to One Hundred Leagues, 15 May to June 1536)
385
1
13. Compostela (Founded as Espiritu Santo in 1531) and Nuno de Guzman
385
2
14. Compostela to Mexico-Tenochtitlan (120 Leagues, June to 23 July 1536)
387
2
10 PART 9: Mexico-Tenochtitlan to Lisbon, Portugal (23 July 1536 to 9 August 1537) and in Castile (Autumn 1537) (f63v-f65v)
389
16
1. In Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1536
390
4
2. Writing the Joint Report
394
1
3. Mexico-Tenochtitlan to Veracruz
395
1
4. Veracruz to Havana (10 April 1537 to 4 May 1537)
396
1
5. From Havana to the Azores and an Encounter with French Privateers (2 June 1537 to 2 July 1537)
397
3
6. From the Azores to Lisbon, Arriving 9 August 1537
400
2
7. In Castile (Autumn 1537)
402
1
8. The Prophecy of the Muslim Woman from Hornachos
402
3
The Survivors of the Narvaez Expedition
405
 
11 The Fates of the Overland Travelers
407
 
1. Andres Dorantes de Carranza
408
6
2. Estevanico
414
8
3. Alonso del Castillo Maldonado
422
5
4. A Final Accounting
427