Pinzón–Solís voyage
Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn, 1847 | |
| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Leader | Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Juan Díaz de Solís |
| Start | Sanlúcar de Barrameda end March – end June 1508 / presumed |
| End | Seville 29 August 1509 |
| Goal | to discover a western passage to la Especiería |
| Ships | San Benito, La Magdalena |
| Crew | ca 60 / presumed, inc Pedro de Ledesma, inc Alonso Páez, exc vars native Indian translators |
| Achievements | First European survey of western Bay of Honduras |
The Pinzón–Solís voyage was a Spanish maritime expedition in 1508–1509 to the Bay of Honduras, and possibly to adjacent bodies of water, led by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón and Juan Díaz de Solís. It is thought to have been the earliest European reconnaissance of coasts in the western portion of the aforementioned Bay, and thus of the Caribbean shores of Belize, Guatemala, western Honduras, and possibly southern Quintana Roo, Mexico.