The Pinzón brothers – Martín Alonso, Francisco Martín and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón – were Spanish sailors, pirates, explorers, and fishermen who participated in Christopher Columbus's first expedition to
Hermanos Pinzon
Pinzón family house in Palos, now Casa Museo de Martín Alonso Pinzón.
Statue of Martín Alonso Pinzón in Palos de la Frontera.
Columbus and the Pinzón brothers arrive in America. Painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862)
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions to the Americas in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. These voyages
Pinzón brothers
…Alonso, Francisco Martín and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón – were Spanish sailors, pirates, explorers, and fishermen who participated in Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World and other voyages of discovery and exploration in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Natives of Palos de la Frontera, Huelva…
Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on the Latin edition of Marco Polo's Le livre des merveilles
Church of Saint George the Martyr in Palos de la Frontera
Archaeological remains of the historic Port of Palos de la Frontera, from where Columbus's first voyage departed
Port of Moguer and shipyards of La Niña