Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528

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The Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 was a disastrous Spanish venture to explore and conquer parts of the Gulf Coast, whose few survivors—including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca—wandered for years across what is now the southern United States and northern Mexico.

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instanceOf Spanish exploration expedition ⓘ
conquistador expedition ⓘ
failed colonization attempt ⓘ
approximateNumberOfFinalSurvivors 4 ⓘ
approximateNumberOfMenAtDeparture 600 ⓘ
arrivalInFlorida 1528 ⓘ
casualties most of the expedition members died ⓘ
causeOfDisaster conflict with indigenous peoples ⓘ
disease ⓘ
shipwrecks ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
storms ⓘ
conflictWithIndigenousPeoples Apalachee ⓘ
various Gulf Coast tribes ⓘ
country Crown of Castile ⓘ
departureCountry Spain ⓘ
departurePort Sanlúcar de Barrameda ⓘ
distanceTraveledOverland thousands of kilometers ⓘ
documentedIn La relación (Cabeza de Vaca’s account) ⓘ
Naufragios (Shipwrecks) by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ⓘ
linked to: Naufragios
durationOfWandering about 8 years ⓘ
endpointOfSurvivorsJourney Spanish settlements in northern Mexico ⓘ
near present-day Sinaloa ⓘ
endTime 1536 ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest European crossings of the North American interior ⓘ
provided early ethnographic information about indigenous peoples of the Gulf Coast and Southwest ⓘ
influenced later expeditions such as Coronado’s search for the Seven Cities of Cíbola ⓘ
landfallPresentDayLocation Florida ⓘ
landfallRegion Tampa Bay ⓘ
linked to: Tampa Bay area
leader Pánfilo de Narváez ⓘ
leaderFate Pánfilo de Narváez presumed drowned ⓘ
notableParticipant Alonso del Castillo Maldonado ⓘ
Andrés Dorantes de Carranza ⓘ
Estevanico ⓘ
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ⓘ
numberOfShipsAtDeparture 5 ⓘ
objective conquest of Florida ⓘ
establish Spanish colonies on the Gulf Coast ⓘ
search for wealth and gold ⓘ
overlandRouteRegion present-day Florida ⓘ
present-day Gulf Coast ⓘ
present-day Texas ⓘ
present-day northern Mexico ⓘ
predecessor Juan Ponce de León’s expeditions to Florida ⓘ
relatedExploration early Spanish exploration of North America ⓘ
result disastrous failure ⓘ
shipwreckLocation near present-day Galveston Island ⓘ
shipwreckPresentDayRegion Texas ⓘ
sponsor King Charles I of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Charles I of Spain
startTime 1527 ⓘ
survivors Alonso del Castillo Maldonado ⓘ
Andrés Dorantes de Carranza ⓘ
Estevanico ⓘ
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Gulf Coast of North America ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ

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Spanish conquest of Florida → hasPart → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ
conflict with Hernán Cortés → alsoKnownAs → Narváez expedition against Cortés ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca → participantIn → Narváez expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
Safety Harbor culture → contactEvent → Narváez expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
Safety Harbor archaeological culture → encounteredBy → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
La relación → describesEvent → Narváez expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
Naufragios → mainSubject → shipwreck of the Narváez expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
Naufragios → describesEvent → Narváez expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528