AQS251282 Cabeza de Vaca and his Companions (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (c.1490-1559) was an early Spanish explorer of the New World; he and three other members of his crew were the only ones out of 600 to survive the shipwreck of the Narvaez expedition, they were enslaved by Native American tribes and eventually escaped to Mexico City; spent 6 years exploring the southwest of what is now America, usually naked and on foot;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.