See also:

• VICENTE, GIL (147o-1540)

VICENTE YANEZ PINION  , who commanded the " Nina" in 1492–1493, also gave See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus material help, and remained loyal to his See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader throughout . In after years he made important discoveries on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . See also:

• LATE

Late in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1499 he sailed with four caravels across the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and on the 7th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1500 he struck the South See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent at Cape S . Agostinho, near its most easterly See also:

• PROJECTION

projection (called by him Cape See also:

• SANTA

Santa Maria de la Consolacion) almost three months before the Portuguese navigator Cabral reached See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil, the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of which is generally attributed to him . Proceeding southwards a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance, he then turned See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, followed the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast to the north-west, discovered the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, and went at least as far as what is now See also:

• COSTA, GIOVANNI (1826–1903)
• COSTA, LORENZO (146o-r535)
• COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (1808-1884)

Costa Rica . After touching at See also:

• HAITI [HAITI, HAYTI, SAN DOMINGO, Or HISPANIOLA]

Haiti, and losing two of his vessels among the See also:

• BAHAMAS (Lucayos)

Bahamas, See also:

• VICENTE, GIL (147o-1540)

Vicente returned to Palos in the end of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1500 . Although concessions were made to him, and he was created See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the newly discovered lands by See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand and See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, he does not seem to have ever taken See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession . In 1507 we find Vicente sailing with Juan See also:

• DIAZ, NARCISSE VIRGILIO (18(38-1876)
• DIAZ, PORFIRIO (183o– )

Diaz de See also:

• SOLIS, ANTONIO DE (1610-16S6)

Solis along the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east coast of Central See also:

• AMERICA

America . In 1509, again with De Solis, he coasted the Atlantic See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of South America as far as the La See also:

• PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE

Plata estuary, hoping to find an opening westwards leading to the Spice Islands . According to See also:

• HERRERA, FERNANDO DE (c. 1534-1597)
• HERRERA, FRANCISCO (1576-1656)

Herrera, he even reached 4o° S., passing the La Plata without recognizing it, and turning back about the mouth of the Rio See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro, but this is probably an exaggeration . After 1523 all traces of Vicente are lost . See See also:

• NAVARRETE, JUAN FERNANDEZ (1526-1579)
• NAVARRETE, MARTIN FERNANDEZ DE (1765–1844)

Navarrete, Coleccion de viajes; See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving's Columbus, Bk .

XIV., ch. ii.; bibliography in Joaquim Caetano da See also:

• SILVA, ANTONIO JOSE DA (1705–1739)

Silva's L'Oyapoc et l'Arnazone (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1861); Herrera, Indias Occid., Dec . I., See also:

• LIB

lib. vi. cap . 17; lib. vii., caps. i and 9 (See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, 1730) ; See also:

• OVIEDO

Oviedo, Hist. See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general de See also:

• LAS

las Indias, lib. See also:

• XXIII

xxiii. cap. i (Madrid, 1852) ; 0 . Peschel, Geschichte der Erdkunde, pp . 230, 233, 249 (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1865) ; Zeitalter der Entdeckungen, pp . 305, &c., 426; Jose Maria Asensio, Cristoval See also:

• COLON
• COLON (formerly known as ASPINWALL)

Colon, su See also:

• VIDA, MARCO GIROLAMO (c. 1489-1566)

vida, See also:

• SUS

sus viajes, sus descobrimientos (See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona, 1891) ; Cesareo See also:

• FERNANDEZ, ALVARO
• FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
• FERNANDEZ, JOHN (Joao, Joam)
• FERNANDEZ, JUAN (fl. c. 1570)
• FERNANDEZ, LUCAS

Fernandez Duro, Colon e See also:

• PINZON

Pinzon .