Biography of panfilo de narvaez
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Narváez, Pánfilo de (c. 1478–1528)
Pánfilo de Narváez (b. ca. 1478/80; d. 1528), Spanish soldier. Born in Valmanzano, Segovia, Spain, Narváez came to the New World around 1498. A veteran of military engagements in Jamaica, he helped to lead the bloody conquest of Cuba in 1510–1514. In 1520 he vied with Hernán Cortés in Veracruz for the opportunity to raid portions of Mexico. He lost, and was imprisoned for two and a half years.
In 1526 Narváez received a royal contract to explore La Florida. After landing near Tampa Bay in April 1528, he and three hundred men marched north to Apalachee, where they suffered illness and were attacked by natives. Retreating, they moved to the nearby coast to build vessels in which they could sail to Mexico. The Spaniards tried to follow the coastline west but were either swept out into the Gulf or washed ashore, where some lived among native groups. Four survivors, including Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, who wrote an account of the expedition, eve
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Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador
"Panfilo" redirects here. For other people with this name, see Panfilo (name).
Pánfilo de Narváez | |
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| Born | 1470 or 1478 Spain |
| Died | 1528 (age 50 or 58) Gulf of Mexico |
| Cause of death | Drowning[1] |
| Nationality | Spanish[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Spanish conquistador and explorer[1] |
| Employer | Spain[2] |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Pánfilo de Narváez (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpaɱfiloðenaɾˈβaeθ]; born 1470 or 1478,[3] died 1528) was a Spanishconquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain, he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier. Pánfilo participated in the conquest of Cuba and led an expedition to Camagüey, escorting Bartolomé dem las Casas.
He is best remembered as the leader of two failed expeditions, the first of which began in 1519 and ended in 1520 after defeat and capture in battle aga
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The Misadventures of Pánfilo de Narváez and
Nuñez de Cabeza de Vaca
Pánfilo de Narváez arrived near Tampa Bay with a large army from Spain on April 14, 1528. The Spanish government had given him permission to settle and rule the land along the Gulf Coast from Northern Mexico to the Florida peninsula* and as far inland as he was able to control.
When Narváez landed, he took three hundred soldiers and forty horses with him to explore the interior of the state. The ships, which were carrying food and supplies, were sent ahead to a harbor north of where they had originally landed.
This turned out to be a terrible mistake. Instead of landing at the harbor described by Narváez, the ships landed somewhere else. Narváez and his men waited for the ships at the harbor where Narváez intended the ships to have landed, but the ships could never find him and his men. The ships' captains searched up and down the coast for almo