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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

1488 - 1559

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ; c. 1488/90/92 – after 19 May 1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca has received more than 1,730,506 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is the 87th most popular explorer (down from 81st in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Spain (down from 277th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition into the interior of the North American continent.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ranks 87 out of 498. Before him are Stepan Makarov, Juan Díaz de Solís, James Clark Ross, Hugh Glass, Sebastian Cabot, and Jean de Béthencourt. After him are Tristão da Cunha, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Benjamin of Tudela, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Bjarni Herjólfsson, and Robert FitzRoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ranks 7. Before him are Titian, Jungjong of Joseon, Lütfi Pasha, Ulrich von Hutten, Germaine of Foix, and Bartolommeo Bandinelli. After him are Sebastian Münster, Joseph Karo, Ferdinand Columbus, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Johannes Magnus, and Jan Tarnowski. Among people deceased in 1559, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ranks 7. Before him are Henry II of France, Pope Paul IV, Christian II of Denmark, Christian III of Denmark, Beyhan Sultan, and Isabella Jagiellon. After him are Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Benvenuto Tisi, Robert Estienne, and Michele Sanmicheli.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ranks 291 out of 3,355. Before him are Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Ibn Zuhr (1091), Jesús Franco (1930), Marcus Annius Verus (100), Al-Hakam I (770), and Sancho IV of Castile (1258). After him are La Belle Otero (1868), Eusebi Güell (1846), Carles Rexach (1947), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851), and Telmo Zarra (1921).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ranks 14. Before him are Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Hernando de Soto (1500), Lope de Aguirre (1518), and Juan Díaz de Solís (1470). After him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), and Juan de la Cosa (1460).

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