Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Born	c. 1460 Palos de la Frontera, Spain
Died	c. 1523 Seville, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Explorer
Known for	Captain of the Niña

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Palos de la Frontera, Spain, c. 1460 – after 1523) was a Spanish navigator, explorer, and conquistador. Along with his older brother Martín Alonso Pinzón, he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of Niña.

Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External links

[edit] Biography

In 1499 Pinzón sailed to the South American coast. Carried by a strong storm, he reached the north coast of what today is Brazil on January 26, 1500. Pinzón disembarked on the shore called Praia do Paraíso, in present-day Cabo de Santo Agostinho of the state of Pernambuco. According to the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Spain could make no claim, but the place was named Cabo de Santa Maria de la Consolación by Pinzón. He also sighted the Amazon River and ascended to a point about fifty metres from the sea^{[clarification needed]}. He called it the "Río Santa María de la Mar Dulce", thus becoming the first explorer to discover an estuary of the Amazon River. Pinzón is considered the discoverer of the Oiapoque River.

In 1505, Pinzón was named commander-in-chief and 'corregidor' of the city of Puerto Rico, now called San Juan. This was to be the first step in the colonization of the island called Borinquén by its inhabitants and San Juan Bautista by the Spanish (now called Puerto Rico). However, Pinzón did not fulfill this commission.^[1] In 1508, he travelled with Juan Díaz de Solís to South America. No record exists of Pinzón after 1523.

On November 19, 1999, a monument to his memory was dedicated in Palos de la Frontera, Spain, on the occasion of the fifth centenary of the discovery of Brazil and of the brotherhood with the city Cabo de Santo Agostinho.

[edit] See also

• List of explorers

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Izquierdo Labrado, Julio (1987) Palos de la Frontera en el Antiguo Régimen (1380-1830) Huelva: Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana y Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera
• Izquierdo Labrado, Julio (2004) Palermos ilustres Huelva: Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera ISBN 84-606-3612-7
• Manzano Manzano, Juan, and Ana Maria Manzano Fernandez-Heredia (1988) Los Pinzones y el Descubrimiento de América 3 vol., Madrid: Ediciones de Cultura Hispanica ISBN 8472324427 ISBN 9788472324428
• Ortega, Fray Ángel (1925) La Rábida. Historia documental y crítica 4 vols. Sevilla.

[edit] External links

• Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. Los Viajes Andaluces. (Spanish)
• Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera, (Spanish)
• Hermanos Pinzón, Enciclopedia GER (Spanish)
• Works by or about Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Persondata
NAME	Pinzón, Vicente Yanez
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Spanish navigator, explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	1460
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spain
DATE OF DEATH	after 1523
PLACE OF DEATH	unknown