Jan 6, 2010
Article abstract: The two Pinzón brothers provided crucial assistance for Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the New World. The brothers helped Columbus obtain and outfit his three ships and served as captains of the Pinta and the Niña.
Martín Alonso and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón were brothers in a family of wealthy shipowners and navigators in the Spanish port city of Palos. Martín, the elder of the two men, had spent most of his life since the age of fifteen at sea. He had sailed throughout the Mediterranean and along the northwest...
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