Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvaro, 1495-1560

\"Álvar Níºñez Cabeza de Vaca Jerez de la Frontera, c. 1488/1490/1492 - Seville, c. 1557/1558/1559/1560) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536. After returning to Spain in 1537, he wrote an account, first published in 1542 as La relación y comentarios (\"The Account and Commentaries\"), which in later editions was retitled Naufragios y comentarios (\"Shipwrecks and Commentaries\"). Cabeza de Vaca is sometimes considered a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of Native Americans that he encountered. In 1540, Cabeza de Vaca was appointed adelantado of what is now Paraguay, where he was governor and captain general of New Andalusia. He worked to build up the population of Buenos Aires but, charged with poor administration, he was arrested in 1544 and then transported to Spain for trial in 1545. Although his sentence was eventually commuted, he never returned to the Americas. He died in Seville.\"

\"Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Jerez de la Frontera, 1488/1490 - Sevilla, 27 de mayo de 1559) fue un conquistador español que exploró la costa sur de Norteamérica desde la actual Florida pasando por Alabama, Misisipi y Luisiana y se adentró en Texas, Nuevo México, Arizona​​ y en el norte de México hasta llegar al golfo de California, territorios que pasaron a anexionarse al Imperio español dentro del virreinato de Nueva España. Antes de iniciar su segundo viaje a América, esta vez para el sur, el rey Carlos I de España le otorgó el título de segundo adelantado y lo nombró capitán general y gobernador del Río de la Plata y del Paraguay, Paranáguazu y sus anexos.​ Fue el primer europeo en llegar a las cataratas del Iguazú y que explorara el curso del río Paraguay.\"