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=Notes= Person: Estevanico Time Period: 1500?-1539 Topic: Explorer


 * Born in Morocco
 * Birth name is Mustafa Zemmouri
 * Has many nicknames: Estaban, Black Stephan, Stephan the Moor
 * sold into slavery in 1513 to the portuguese
 * raised as a muslim, converted to roman catholicism upon enslavement
 * In 1520, he was sold to Andres Dorantes de Carranza
 * Early explorer of the Southwestern United States
 * In 1528, they went on the Narvaez Expedition toward Florida and the Gulf Coast
 * They were shipwrecked by a hurricane on the Galveston Island
 * Originally, there was 250 to 300 men, but after the shipwreck only 80 remained
 * After a cold winter, with little food, only 15 men survived
 * They walked along the Rio Grande during the spring
 * Only 4 survivors by 1533: estavanico, carranza, cabeza de vaca, and Alonso Castillo Maldonado
 * Were enslaved by some indians along the way
 * Indians told them about seven cities to the north that were built of gold
 * Helped out by other tribes
 * Reached the spanish settlement of Culiacan in 1536
 * Later that year, they reached Mexico
 * Welcomed by the Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza
 * Carranza then sold Estavanico to the Viceroy
 * The Viceroy then sent Estavanico on an expedition in 1539 with Fray Marcos de Niza
 * Francisco de Coronada outfitted Estavanico for the trip to find the fabled seven cities of Cibola
 * Estavanico was then killed by Zuni Indians (as he entered teh fabeled city of cibola)

Bibliography

Delavaca, Cabessa. //Chronicle of the New World//.

"Estevanico the Moor - Academic Kids." // Academic Kids Free Online Educational Encyclopedia //. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. < [] >.

"Estevanico: Explorer." // Enchanted Learning //. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. < [] >.

Cabeza De Vaca, Alvaro Nunez. // Naufragios //. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. < [] >.