today Fortaleza (capital of the Brazilian state of Ceará). According to the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) between the Crown of Castile and Portugal, Castile (later Spain) could make no claim, but the place was named "Cabo de Santa María de la Consolación" by Pinzón. He also sighted the Amazon River and ascended to a point about fifty miles from the sea. He called it the "Río Santa María de la Mar Dulce" ("River of Saint Mary of the Fresh Water Sea") on account of the vastness of the fresh water river mouth, and he thus became the first European explorer to discover an estuary of the Amazon River. Pinzón is also considered the discoverer of the Oiapoque River. In 1505, Pinzón was named commander-in-chief and corregidor of the city of Puerto Rico, now called "San Juan". This was to be the first step in the colonization of the island called "Borinquén" by its inhabitants and "San Juan Bautista" by the Spanish (now called "Puerto Rico"). However, Pinzón did not fulfill this commission. In 1508, he travelled with Juan Díaz de Solís to South America. No record exists of Pinzón after 1514. In 1832, botanists Mart. & Zucc. published Pinzona, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Dilleniaceae and named in honour of Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. On November 19, 1999, a statue of Pinzón and his brother was dedicated in Palos de la Frontera, Spain, on the occasion of the fifth centennial of the discovery of Brazil and of the brotherhood with the city, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil. See also List of explorers Vicente Yañez Pinzón River, aka Oiapoque References Bibliography Izquierdo Labrado, Julio (1987) Palos de la Frontera en el Antiguo Régimen (1380-1830) Huelva: Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana y Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera Izquierdo Labrado, Julio (2004) Palermos ilustres Huelva: Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera {{citation|last=Manzano y Manzano|first=Juan| last2=Manzano Fernández-Heredia | first2=Ana María |year=1988|title=Los Pinzones y el Descubrimiento de América 3 vol|location=Madrid|publisher=Ediciones de Cultura Hispanica|isbn=978-84-7232-442-8 | oclc=19216595 | language=es}} Ortega, Fray Ángel (1925) La Rábida. Historia documental y crítica'' 4 vols. Sevilla. External links "Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. Los Viajes Andaluces". Geocities.com. Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera, Hermanos Pinzón, Enciclopedia GER The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (PDF), by Washington Irving. NLJ.gov.jm. Voyages and discoveries of the companions of Columbus 1460s births 16th-century deaths Spanish navigators 16th-century South American people People from Palos