La relación

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16th-century work Spanish-language book exploration chronicle travel narrative

La relación is a 16th-century narrative by Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca recounting his survival and travels across the Americas, considered one of the earliest and most important chronicles of the New World.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century work ⓘ Spanish-language book ⓘ exploration chronicle ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ
author	Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
depicts	captivity among indigenous groups ⓘ interactions between Spaniards and indigenous peoples ⓘ religious healing practices ⓘ
describesEvent	Cabeza de Vaca’s overland journey across North America ⓘ Narváez expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedBy	Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s personal testimony ⓘ
genre	autobiographical narrative ⓘ exploration literature ⓘ historical chronicle ⓘ
hasProtagonist	Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
literarySignificance	early ethnographic account of indigenous cultures ⓘ important source on early Spanish exploration in North America ⓘ one of the earliest European accounts of the interior of North America ⓘ one of the earliest chronicles of the New World ⓘ
mainSubject	exploration of the Americas ⓘ indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ shipwreck of the Narváez expedition ⓘ survival ⓘ
narrativeForm	prose ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
originalLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
placeDescribed	Gulf Coast of present-day United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande region NERFINISHED ⓘ interior of North America ⓘ northern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Florida ⓘ present-day Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	adaptation and survival ⓘ colonial expansion ⓘ cultural encounter ⓘ religious faith ⓘ slavery and captivity ⓘ violence and suffering ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	1527–1536 ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor	ethnohistorical research on Gulf Coast indigenous peoples ⓘ scholarship on Spanish exploration narratives ⓘ studies of early colonial North America ⓘ

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca → notableWork → La relación ⓘ