Early Modern Spain
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Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca had an extraordinary life and there is plenty more to find out about it. In the autumn of 2003 Dr Goodwin was able to spend two months at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, thanks to a British Academy grant. Transcriptions and translations of a significant number of documents newly identified for the first time are being made available here. An initial discussion of their significance is offered in this article.
| DOCUMENT | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Indiferente 419, l 4 106r-107v & 138v | career of Jerónimo de Alanís, escribano |
| Indiferente 420, l 8 193r-193v | ditto |
| Indiferente 421 l 12 50v-50r 1527 | permission for black slaves to be taken to Florida |
| Indiferente 421 l 12 71v-72r 1527 | ditto |
| Indiferente 421, l 13 105r-106r | ditto |
| Indiferente 421, l 13 60r, 1527/1528 | appointment of Juan Suárez as Bishop of Florida |
| Lima, 565, L.3, F.161v, 21-12-1539 | Andrés Dorantes married widow of Alonso de Venavides |
| México 1088, L 1 40r-40v | Juan Suárez’s belonging removed from Cuba |
| México 1088, L 3 251r-251v | Mari Hernández, who went to Florida |
| México 212, N 45 1585 | información of Baltasar Dorantes de Carranza |
| Pasajeros L2 E2882 23/08/1536 | Garcia Mendez de Sotomayor Cabeza de Vaca, cousin? |
| Pasajeros L2 E2902. 28/08/1536 | Diego Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, cousin? |
| Patronato 157, N 2 R 4 1556 | información of Francisco Díaz, another survivor |
| Patronato 19, r 1 | Juan Velázquez de Salazar, regidor |
| Patronato 275 R39 | Alonso del Castillo married widow of Juan Ruiz de Alanís |
| Patronato 55, N 5 R 4 1538 | información of Juan Durán, another survivor |
| Patronato 65, N 1 R 4 1562 | información of Antonio de Aguayo, another survivor |
Dr Goodwin has researched the life of Cabeza de Vaca and concludes that his life-story as published was not entirely the work of his own hands.