The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami
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9780804170628
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist
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In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
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In 1527, the conquistador Panfilo de NarvƔez sailed from the port of Sanlucar 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 HernƔn CortƩs.
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But from the moment the Narvaez expedition landed in Florida, it faced perilānavigational errors, disease, starvation, as well as resistance from indigenous tribes. Within a year there were only four survivors: the expeditionās treasurer, Cabeza de Vaca; a Spanish nobleman named Alonso del Castillo; a young explorer named Andres Dorantes; and Dorantesās Moroccan slave, Mustafa al-Zamori, whom the other 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.
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The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami
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9780804170628
Ā
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
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In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
Ā
In 1527, the conquistador Panfilo de NarvƔez sailed from the port of Sanlucar 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 HernƔn CortƩs.
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But from the moment the Narvaez expedition landed in Florida, it faced perilānavigational errors, disease, starvation, as well as resistance from indigenous tribes. Within a year there were only four survivors: the expeditionās treasurer, Cabeza de Vaca; a Spanish nobleman named Alonso del Castillo; a young explorer named Andres Dorantes; and Dorantesās Moroccan slave, Mustafa al-Zamori, whom the other 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.
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Laila Lalami
Paperback
9780804170628
Ā
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Ā
In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
Ā
In 1527, the conquistador Panfilo de NarvƔez sailed from the port of Sanlucar 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 HernƔn CortƩs.
Ā
But from the moment the Narvaez expedition landed in Florida, it faced perilānavigational errors, disease, starvation, as well as resistance from indigenous tribes. Within a year there were only four survivors: the expeditionās treasurer, Cabeza de Vaca; a Spanish nobleman named Alonso del Castillo; a young explorer named Andres Dorantes; and Dorantesās Moroccan slave, Mustafa al-Zamori, whom the other 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.
