Pinzon Vicente

Pinzon Yáñez Vicente was born.

Jan 17, 1462

Pinzon was born in Palos de la Frontera, Spain. He is the youngest of three brothers. They were named Martin Alonso and Fransisco Martin. All three brothers were explorers.

The first news documente.

Jun 8, 1477

Pinzon Vicente helped capture foreign ships when he was only 15 years old. This is the first document we have of Pinzon today.

Pinzon captained the Niña.

Dec 5, 1492

It was Columbus' first voyage to the new world and Pinzon Vicente got to be captain the Niña. His brother captained the Pinta and Columbus the Santa María.

Pinzon undertook a voyage.

Jan 26, 1500

It was the first voyage Pinzon undertook as captain of the whole fleet. He sailed to to Brazil and the Carribean.

Pinzon landed in Brazil.

Feb 6, 1500

Although Pinzon Vicente is not the official discoverer of Brazil he was the first to land there. A Portuguese explorer, Pedro Alvares Cabral is known as the discoverer of Brazil.

Pinzon Vicente sailed on the Amazon River.

Mar 1, 1500

He was the first man to sail on the river. At that time the river was not called the amoson. So he called the River Río Santa María del Mar Dulce because of its fresh water which ran into the ocean.

Pinzon became governor.

Apr 24, 1505

In honor of his success and on behalf of Spain, Pinzón was appointed governor of Brazil.

Pinzon and Juan Dias de Solis set sail.

Jan 1, 1508

Pinzon and de Solis did not have much luck on this voyage so they blambed each other and came bach less than a year after. What pinzon didn't know was that this was going to be his last voyage. He died 6 years later in 1514.

Pinzon sailed to the coast west of Antilles.

Mar 7, 1508

Pinzon sailed past present day Belize and to the north coast of Honduras.

Pinzon Vicente died.

Aug 9, 1514

Pinzon died in Seville, Spain. How Pinzon died is uncertain. Still he is one of the mostskillful navigators of his time and remained respected by his King and his crew.