The Moors Account

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In 1527, the conquistador P nfilo de Narv ez sailed from the port of Sanl car de Barrameda with a crew of six hundred men and nearly a hundred horses His goal was to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States for the Spanish crown and, in the process, become as wealthy and famous as Hern n Cort s.But from the moment the Narv ez expedition landed in Florida, it faced peril navigational errors, disease, starvation, as well as resistance from indigenous tribes Within a year there were only four survivors the expedition s treasurer, lvar N ez Cabeza de Vaca a Spanish nobleman named Alonso del Castillo Maldonado a young explorer named Andr s Dorantes de Carranza and Dorantes s Moroccan slave, Mustafa al Zamori, whom the three Spaniards called Estebanico These four survivors would go on to make a journey across America that would transform them from proud conquistadores to humble servants, from fearful outcasts to faith healers. Download The Moors Account – kino-fada.fr 1 slavea black Arab Moor, Mustafa Estebanico , and three Castilians are the onlysurvivors from the Narvaez s Expedition from Spain to the gulf of Florida The story shifts from an expedition of the territory to self exploring men facing their humanity This is such a fantastic book which allows you to feel as if you are one of the survivors There is less focus on searching for gold and conquering land after almost 600 people have died With only 4 surviving men, they were forced to r 1 slavea black Arab Moor, Mustafa Estebanico , and three Castilians are the onlysurvivors from the Narvaez s Expedition from Spain to the gulf of Florida The story shifts from an expedition of the territory to self exploring men facing their humanity This is such a fantastic book which allows you to feel as if you are one of the survivors There is less focus on searching for gold and conquering land after almost 600 people have died With only 4 surviving men, they were forced to rely on the native Indians.They travel together down to the Gulf of Mexico Soon they become their slaves later they source themselves as healers The Indians believed Estabanico to be a Shaman who healed the sick Estabanico mak...Mustafa ibn Muhammad is about to discover how fragile are the threads that tie together the fabric of our lives The year is 1527, and this once wealthy Moroccan trader has sold himself to a Spanish captain in order that his family may eat There s a certain irony about this, as Mustafa had been involved in the slave trade himself before his life collapsed around him That same year the conquistador Panfilo de Narvaez, together with 600 crew, sailed for what is now known as the Gulf Coast in the Mustafa ibn Muhammad is about to discover how fragile are the threads that tie together the fabric of our lives The year is 1527, and this once wealthy Moroccan trader has sold himself to a Spanish captain in order that his family may eat There s a certain irony about this, as Mustafa had been involved in the slave trade himself before his life collapsed around him That same year the conquistador Panfilo de Narvaez, together with 600 crew, sailed for what is now known as the Gulf Coast in the United States Mustafa, now known by his slave name Estebanico, is one of them After arriving in this new world, the men are soon faced with disease, a lack of navigational competence, starvation, and resistance from the indigenous tribes After one year there are just four survivors One o...In Cabeza de Vaca s account of his epic adventures as part of the ill fated Narv ez Expedition, the Spanish explorer devotes only a single line to Estevanico, one of the four survivors, along with de Vaca El cuarto se llama Estevanico, es negro al rabe, natural de Azamor. Roughly translated, it reads The fourth survivor is Estevanico, an Arab Negro from Azamor According to Laila Lalami, this is all we know about Estebanico as she spells it just a handful of unadorn...4.5 In 1527 ships with six hundred men sailed from Castile across the Ocean of Fog and Darkness with the goal to claim the land and riches of present day Florida and the gulf coast areas of the United States They were searching for a kingdom of gold but encountered instead, hurricanes, shipwreck, starvation, disease, alligators, murder, cannibalism, and mutiny, while decisively squandering any opportunity to endear indigenous tribes to their cause Only four would make it out alive Their conqu 4.5 In 1527 ships with six hundred men sailed from Castile across the Ocean of Fog and...Very interesting and well done historical fiction account of the Spanish Narv ez expedition of 1527 that was sent to colonize Florida Upon sailing into the Tampa area, Narv ez the commander of the armada split his contingent in two, with half staying in the gulf with the ships and the other half heading north on foot to look for... The Moor s Account is a historical fiction novel about P nfilo de Narv ez s expedition into the land that would eventually be called Florida.This tale is told from the point of view of a slave named Mustafa al Zamori, called Estebanico by the Spanish man who owned himThis book is the humble work of Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al Zamori, being a true account of his life and travels from the city of Azemmur to the Land of the Indians, where he arrived as a slave and, in his attempt to re The Moor s Account is a historical fiction novel about P nfilo de Narv ez s expedition into the land that would eventually be called Florida.This tale is told from the point of view of a slave named Mustafa al Zamori, called Estebanico by the Spanish man who owned himThis book is the humble work of Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al Zamori, being a true account of his life and travels from the city of Azemmur to the Land of the Indians, where he arrived as a slave and, in his attempt to return to freedom, was shipwrecked and lost for many years. pg 9, ebook.Though the historical figure of Estebanico actually existed, Lail...Oh dear, I seem stuck in the doldrums a bit not really passionately engaging with any books recently except maybe A Little Life, and I m still not sure whether that engagement was healthy.Lalami has great raw material for her historical fiction about Estebanico, the first African to explore the Americas or at least the first so recorded Or perhaps I should say she has a great seed because apparently almost nothing is known about the historical Estebanico, other than that he was a Berbe Oh dear, I seem stuck in the doldr... I was looking forward to reading this book when I first heard that Laila Lalami would write a fictionalized account of Estebanico as I knew she would provide the necessary insight on Morocco and a Moroccan point of view of the 1500s This book exceeded my expectations There are many accounts of the Narvaez expedition and what happened in the years 1527 1536, when the four survivors out of 600 were reunited with other Spaniards Among the survivors was a Moroccan slave known in the accounts I was looking forward to reading this book when I first heard that Laila Lalami would write a fictionalized account of Estebanico as I knew she would provide the necessary insight on Morocco and a Moroccan point of view of the 1500s This book exceeded my expectations There are many accounts of the Narvaez expedition and what happened in the years 1527 1536, when the four survivors out of 600 were reunited with other Spaniards Among the survivors was a Moroccan slave known in the accounts by his enslaved name Esteban or Estebanico At last is a compelling historical fiction acc...1527 3501527 350

The Moors Account
  • English
  • 08 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 321 pages
  • 0307911667
  • Laila Lalami
  • The Moors Account