Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Main Characters

Chronology

Introduction

Part One

Storytelling

1536

1 Journey’s End

The First Crossing of America, 1536

2 Camino Real

The Royal Road to Mexico City, 1536

3 Mexico City

July 1536

4 Fiesta

July 1536

Part Two

Esteban

5 “Negro AlÁrabe”

6 “Natural de Azamor”

The Slave Trade

7 Jerez

1522

8 Seville

1522–1527

Part Three

Writing History

9 Oviedo and Cabeza de Vaca

10 Dorantes and The Archive of the Indies

Part Four

The Expedition to Florida

1527–1536

11 Atlantic Crossing

1527

12 Cuba

1527–1528

13 Florida

1528

14 The Isle of Misfortune

1528–1529

15 Texas

1529–1533

16 Shamanism

1533–1535

17 The Rio Grande

1535

Part Five

The Seven Cities of Gold

1536–1539

18 Friar Marcos de Niza

1536–1538

19 Francisco VÁzquez de Coronado

1538–1539

20 Chronicles of Esteban’s Death

Epilogue: Resurrection

Bibliography of Sources

Notes

Searchable Terms

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher