The Narváez Expedition was a Spanish attempt, in 1527–1528, to install Pánfilo de Narváez as adelantado (governor) of Florida. Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Pánfilo de Narváez (1480? - 1528) was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. ... State nickname: Everglade State, Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...

The crew initially numbered about 600. Making stops along the way to Florida on Hispaniola and Cuba, the expedition experienced a hurricane among other storms, Indian hostility, and the eventual death of all but four of its men. Surviving were three Spaniards, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who famously wrote it up, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Andrés Dorantes, and a Moorish slave named Estevanico. Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying east of Cuba. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. ... A high altitude form of heathland habitat widespread in northern Britain; see heath. ... Estevanico b. ...