HIS 180 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Pêro Vaz De Caminha, Francisco Cervantes De Salazar
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History 180 book notes chapter 1 of born in blood and fire . The caminha letter: pero vaz de caminha. Royal official of the portuguese expedition to the new world. Caminha wanted to promote the newly claimed territory in the letter to the king about the discovery of the new world: the letter. Natives of brazil were armed and naked. They could not communicate with the natives instead they exchanged gifts. Trading of goods trust, respect, development of a relationship. The natives seemed to have no religion which made caminha think it would be easy to convert them to christianity once the relationship between the cultures was stronger. Shipwrecks and commentaries: alvar nunez cabeza de vaca. Shipwrecked on the coast of the gulf of mexico in 1527. Only him and four other men survived. Trekked across texas and mexico to the pacific ocean. His excerpt recalls his time on the gulf of mexico.
