Estevanico

* 1490: Estevanico was born at Azamor in Morocco, North Africa
* He was raised in the Muslim religion
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* 1513: Estevanico was captured and enslaved by the Portuguese and converted tothe Christian, Catholic religion
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* 1520: Estevanico  was purchased as a personal slave by Andres Dorantes de Carranza, a captain in the Spanish infantry
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* 1527: Andres Dorantes deCarranza heard the stories about the New World and joined the expedition, with his slave Estevanico
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* , to the New World which was lead by Pamfilo de Narvaez
* Pamfilo de Narvaez hadbeen commissioned by Emperor Carlos V to colonize the entire Gulf Coast of the New World from Florida to Mexico
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* June 17, 1527: Pamfilo de Narvaez  leaves Spain from Cadiz with 300 men,including Andres Dorantes and his slave, Estevanico
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* The expedition and Estevanico reach Hispaniola where they stay for over 1 month
* From Hispaniola they travel to Santiago, Cuba on toTrinidad
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* 1528 April 12: Pamfilo de Narvaez and Andres Dorantes and his slave, Estevanico arrive in Florida in the vicinity of Tampa Bay. The men disembark and the land is claimed for Spain* May 1, 1528: Narvaez announces his plans for the expedition to split between land and sea expeditions
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* Various disasters befall the expedition which eventually result in the partywhich includes Andres Dorantes and his slave, Estevanico is whittled down from 80 men to 15 men and finally, to an expedition of just four men who are captured by natives
* The four remainingexplorers, thought to include the first Europeans and black slave in Texas, were:
* Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
* Estevanico
* Alonzo del Castillo Maldonado
* Andres Dorantes deCarranza
* Estevanico and the other survivors live on the Isle of Misfortune as slaves but after a year escape to the mainland. They spend the next eight years in abject hardship exploring the...