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After
returning to Spain, Cabeza de Vaca wrote
an account of his years in the Americas.
First published in 1542, this
extraordinary adventure story has
thrilled readers for centuries. Cabeza
de Vaca's account is also of great
anthropological and historical
importance. In Texas alone he identified
23 Indian groups, describing in detail
their clothes, languages, eating habits,
rituals, homes, and migrations. In 1989,
thanks to the generosity of Bill and
Sally Wittliff and an anonymous donor,
the Southwestern Writers Collection
received a very special gift - a copy of
the 1555 edition of La
relación. This is one of the
rarest books in the world.
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