(c.1490-c.1557) The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca remains<span> one of the most amazing </span>feats<span> of </span>exploration<span> in the Americas. Cabeza de Vaca was born into the Spanish </span>nobility<span> in 1490. Little of his early life is known, except that he made his</span>career<span> in the </span>military<span>.</span>
