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Palos (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
South America (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
Castile, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
Brazil (Brazil) (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died atinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524.
Cape Augustine (Alaska, United States) (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
Vincent Yanez Pinzon (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
Palos Moguer (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
Martin Alonzo Pinzon (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
1499 AD (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
December (search for this): entry pinzon-vincent-yaez
Pinzon, Vincent Yañez 1460-1524 Navigator; born in Palos de Moguer, Spain, about 1460; brother of Martin Alonzo Pinzon; commanded the Nina in the first voyage of Columbus (1492); in 1499 led an expedition composed of four caravels, which sailed from Palos in December, and first saw the continent of South America at Cape Augustine, Brazil. There he took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile. Sailing northward, he explored the coasts of Brazil, and discovered and named the River Amazon. He lost two or three of his ships on the homeward voyage. He died at his birthplace about 1524
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