Talk:Narváez expedition
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[edit] East/west
This article states: "The next month was spent trying to reach the Mexican coast, but they couldn't overcome the Gulf Stream's powerful current. Instead, they ended up on the Eastern shore of Florida." Is this really correct? All the rest of the activities seems to have been on the western side of the peninsula.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.88.6.61 (talk) 07:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
- Yes, your are correct. I was thinking about the eastern shore of Mexico they were trying to get to, and they wound up on the western shore of Florida. Sorry about that. Prometheusg 03:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. I've been writing an entry on the expedition for the Norwegian wikipedia, and needed to get thimgs correct.
[edit] Article expansion
I've considerably expanded two sections of the article and I intend to continue. I would like opinions on where to end the article temporally. Someone else has stated that the expedition ends with Narváez's death, but the most historically significant portion of the story had just barely begun. It seems short-sighted to end the article with his death. Without any contrary opinions, I'm going to try to continue the expansion of the article to the point the last four survivors reach Mexico City. Prometheusg 14:07, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- It might be feasible to create another article about the journey of Cabeza de Vaca and company (perhaps Cabeza de Vaca journey?). However, I see no problem with expanding this article to include that information instead, as that voyage was obviously necessitated by the Narvaez expedition, however it officially ended. If no one has objections, I'd recommend starting it here first, and then splitting the new info into its own article if this one gets too long.--Cúchullain t/c 22:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
