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Conquistador in Chains: Cabeza de Vaca and the Indians of the Americas (1st Edition) by David A. Howard Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-8173-0828-8 / 0817308288 ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-0828-5 / 9780817308285 The current image of the Spanish conquest of America and of the conquistadores who carried it out is one of destruction and oppression. One conquistador does not fit that image, however. A life-changing adventure led Cabeza de Vaca to seek a different kind of conquest, one that would be just and hu |