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Uncommon card · Science
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, an Uncommon card
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the ____ Narváez expedition.
Answer
1520s. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. From the Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
American literature. American literature 86 · Headphones 81 · Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 77 · Ytterbium 74 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- During eight years of travelling across what is today the Southwestern United States, he became a trader, evangelist, and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536.
- After returning to Spain in 1537, he wrote an account of his experiences, first published in 1542 as La relación y comentarios, and later retitled Naufragios y comentarios.
- Cabeza de Vaca is sometimes considered a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of Native Americans that he encountered.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Ealmagro assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
