Pinzón brothers
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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
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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)
Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the wid
Pinzón brothers
…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 the New World and other voyages of discovery and exploration in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Natives of Palos de la…
Painting said to be a posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus, by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519
Christopher Columbus House in Genoa, Italy, an 18th-century reconstruction of the house in which Columbus grew up. The original was likely destroyed during the 1684 bombardment of Genoa.
Colombo giovinetto, sculpture of young Columbus by Giulio Monteverde, Genoa
Portrait of Columbus by Aliprando Caprioli