<u>Incomplete question, but I inferred you are referring to the text found in the famous explorer website entitled "Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his journey to the New World."</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
Indeed, to say that Cabeza de Vaca the famous Spanish explorer and the others who survived the expedition "had been so utterly transformed" by their experience is not far from the truth.
For example, we are told that with excitement they started their expedition to discover "the New World" hoping to find gold and settle, little did they know that they will fall into slavery.
Consider, for those who survived they saw what it meant; the pain of dying, after only 242 men out of over 600 managed to reach Apalachee Bay. Further into their journey due to rough seas only two boats with 40 survivors were left and finally 4 out of 600 men that started the expedition were alive. At this point, the 4 survivors became subjected to slavery by Native Americans. It took about 10 years before Cabeza de Vaca could return to Mexico after their initial departure.
