▁believed ▁Al onso ▁San chez ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁true ▁discover er , ▁offering ▁several ▁stories , ▁contemporary ▁records ▁and ▁weak ▁proofs ▁for ▁her ▁claims . ▁ ▁Indeed , ▁any ▁of ▁those ▁stories ▁are ▁widely ▁regarded ▁as ▁false , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁one ▁about ▁Al onso ▁San chez ▁was ▁probably ▁spread ▁either ▁by ▁Pin z ón ▁brothers ▁to ▁dis cred it ▁Columb us ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁years , ▁or ▁by ▁political ▁enemies ▁of ▁Columb us ' ▁family ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁years ▁of ▁Spanish ▁settlement ▁in ▁America . ▁Several ▁authors , ▁including ▁Father ▁Bart ol om é ▁de ▁las ▁Cas as , ▁took ▁notice ▁of ▁rum ors ▁and ▁stories ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁Al onso ▁S ánchez , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 1 6 0 2 ▁when ▁In ca ▁Gar cil aso ▁de ▁la ▁V ega ▁( 1 5 3 9 - 1 6 1 6 ) ▁named ▁the ▁pur port ed ▁discover er ▁Al onso ▁S ánchez , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁heard ▁Al onso ' s ▁story ▁from ▁some ▁old ▁conquist adores ▁still ▁alive ▁in ▁Gar cil aso ' s ▁youth . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁tale ▁told ▁by ▁In ca ▁Gar cil aso ▁de ▁la ▁V ega , ▁Al onso ▁S ánchez ▁used ▁to ▁sail ▁quite ▁often ▁between ▁the ▁Can ary ▁Islands , ▁Made ira ▁and ▁England ▁engaged ▁in ▁some ▁sort ▁of ▁tri angular ▁commerce . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 4 8 0 s , ▁while ▁finally ▁returning ▁to ▁H uel va ▁from ▁Made ira ▁ab