In this classic of authentic adventure and travel literature, the conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca describes the events surrounding the expedition from Cuba to Florida in 1528 under the command of Pánfilo de Narváez. However, the adventurer not only recounts the arduous and challenging expedition. The eyewitness account includes unique impressions of exotic flora and fauna, as well as vivid and detailed descriptions of the living conditions and the customs and rituals of the various, now extinct, indigenous tribes. Cabeza de Vaca came to conquer a land, but by the end of his trials, he would have created one of the most important and unfiltered early descriptions of the North American subcontinent, preserving invaluable knowledge for generations.