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People: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Location: Kérkira (Corfu) Kerkira Greece

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón

Spanish navigator, explorer, and conquistado
Years: 1462 - 1515

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Palos de la Frontera, Spain, c. 1462 – after 1514) is a Spanish navigator, explorer, and conquistador, the youngest of the Pinzón brothers.

Along with his older brother, Martín Alonso Pinzón, who captains the Pinta, he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World, in 1492, as captain of the Niña.