Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, aperently he is an wery special guy in history. although I can't say I remember him. Anyhow, those of you ho know your Spanish exploration history would all come with a huge *sigh* and start to gloat on and on thoroughly about that he was a Spanish explorer, navigator and conquistador. You would also mention that he sailed with Christopher Columbus in 1492, and as the youngest of the Pinzón brothers were the captain on Niña. On this day, 511 years ago, Vincente Yáñez Pinsón were the first Europian to set foot in Brazil. And later when Hernándo Cortéz got the word of the tremendous riches to be found on the south-american mainland, He traveled to what is now mexico, and with the help of his thundersticks brought on the fall of the Aztec Empire. But he brought with him gigantic amount of gold back to the homeland, Spain. So it was ok, by European standards that is.
Your first history lesson brought to you by, your most humble, me! And yes, this is also a double firstie, first historic firsty to be blogged about..
By the way.. is it firsty? of firstie? I guess I'll figure that out soon enough.
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