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What Is De Vacca's Voyage

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De Vacca starved his men he ate all the food for himself. De Vacca had slaves.He starved them to. He wanted all the food for himself. He didn’t share only with the people who defending the land and protecting him. De Vacca went to prison. He got banished from the New World.He keeps sending people back to Spain to gather more supplies. The supplies were horses, army people and food.He had 60men go with him on his voyage.De Vacca sent them to go get food. But the only person who got to eat food the food was him. De Vacca went on his voyage.There were 60 men and only three came back . Because he starved them. De Vacca wouldn 't share any of the food. even though the crew were the ones who went looking for the

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