Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528

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Spanish exploration expedition conquistador expedition failed colonization attempt

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Narváez expedition	2
Narváez expedition against Cortés	1
Pánfilo de Narváez expedition	1
Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 canonical	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ surface form: Naufragios (Shipwrecks) by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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 area ⓘ surface form: Tampa Bay
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1527 ⓘ
survivors	Alonso del Castillo Maldonado ⓘ Andrés Dorantes de Carranza ⓘ Estevanico ⓘ Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Gulf of Mexico coastline ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast of North America Gulf of Mexico ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish conquest of Florida → hasPart → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ

conflict with Hernán Cortés → alsoKnownAs → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Narváez expedition against Cortés

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca → participantIn → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Narváez expedition

Safety Harbor culture → contactEvent → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Narváez expedition

Safety Harbor archaeological culture → encounteredBy → Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition