Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of this 16th century group of European adventurers who, by ‘Going Native’, survived eight years of hand-to-mouth existence among the Amerindians and later put pen to paper and published an account of their trials and tribulations—a fascinating eye-witness account that we can study and enjoy an incredible five centuries later.

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