How Did Cabeza De Vaca Survive

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The survival of Cabeza De Vaca was a key part of the exploration of the new world. Narvaez’s expedition consisted of four-hundred passengers in search of gold and to settle along the Gulf of Mexico. Sadly, their ships crashed by modern day Tampa bay, Florida and Narvaez ordered three-hundred men to travel inland to find treasure. After the passing of one year, four crew members had survived, and one of them was Cabeza. How did Cabeza De Vaca survive? Cabeza survived because of his wilderness skills, his respect for the Native Americans, and his success as a healer.
Since there were such rough courses and things to get around, Cabeza had to use his wilderness skills. He and his crew would eat anything from berries to snakes to