How an Enslaved, shipwrecked African became the US’s first great explorer…barefoot.

Between 1528 and 1536, Estevancio the Moor, a native of Azemour, Morocco, first set foot in what is now the United States of America as one of the first Africans to explore North America.

Encountering numerous challenges, including being shipwrecked and enslaved by Native Americans, Estevancio walked barefoot roughly  2,250 miles from Florida to the Pacific coast of Mexico. A testament, if there ever was one, to the power of human endurance and, of course, the human foot.

Discover more of Estevancio’s adventures by following this link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260527-estevanico-the-african-explorer-who-crossed-north-america