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Almost exactly 500 years ago, a shipwrecked Spaniard named Cabeza de Vaca and three companions made the first trans-continental journey in the history of the American West. Then he wrote down his account of eight years in Native America, one of the great First Contact stories of all time.

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  1. Robert Garcia on

    Interesting update on Ep. 31: Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.

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