Forthwith [the Indians] offered us many tunas, because they had heard of us and of how we cured and of the miracles Our Lord worked through us. ... it was wonderful how He prepared the way for us ... causing us to meet people where for a long time there had been none, saving us from so many dangers, not permitting us to be killed, maintaining us through starvation and distress and moving the hearts of the people to treat us well...

--Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, La Relación, 1542

Consider how Cabeza de Vaca describes his journey. Which of the following was a significant effect of the book excerpted above?