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The Niño Brothers were a family of sailors of African descent from the town of Moguer (in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain), who participated actively in Christopher Columbus's first voyage—generally considered to constitute the discovery of the Americas by Europeans—and other subsequent voyages to the New World. == The Niño Brothers and Columbus's first voyage == The four Niño brothers, Pedro Alonso, Francisco, Juan and Bartolomé were already sailors with prestige and experience in Atlantic journeys before playing a distinguished part in Columbus's first voyage to the New World. Their friendship with the Pinzón Brothers, and especially with the oldest of them, Martín Alonso Pinzón, influenced their participation in Columbus's project.〔(1) (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.diphuelva.es/inicial.aspx#aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kaXBodWVsdmEuZXMvd2ViL2NvbnRlbmlkb19iYXNpY28uYXNweD9pZENvbnRlbmlkbz00NTImaWRBcmVhPTUy ) :(2) :(3) :(4) :(5) 〕 The participation of the Pinzón Brothers in the Columbian enterprise was the key to overcoming the doubts among the region's sailors; the help of the Niño Brothers made it possible to defeat the opposition among the men of Moguer to taking on an enterprise of uncertain outcome. On Columbus's first voyage, Pedro Alonso Niño was pilot of the ''Santa María'',〔Alice Bache Gould, Nueva Lista Documentada De Los Tripulantes De Colon En 1492, ''Boletin de la Real Academia de la Historia'', Tomo CLXX, Número II, 1973, ''passim.'', including p. 80. However, as noted on p. 293, some near-contemporaries place him as pilot of ''La Niña''.〕 Juan Niño was master of ''La Niña'', of which was the owner,〔Alice Bache Gould, Nueva Lista Documentada De Los Tripulantes De Colon En 1492, ''Boletin de la Real Academia de la Historia'', Tomo CLXX, Número II, 1973, p. 50, note 3.〕 and Francisco Niño is believed to have been a sailor on ''La Niña''.〔Alice Bache Gould, Nueva Lista Documentada De Los Tripulantes De Colon En 1492, ''Boletin de la Real Academia de la Historia'', Tomo CLXX, Número II, 1973, ''passim.'', p. 131–132.〕 The Niños took part as well in Columbus's second and third voyages. Between 1499 and 1501 they traveled on their own account, with the merchants Cristóbal and Luis Guerra, following the route of Columbus's third voyage to the Gulf of Paria on the South American mainland in what is now Venezuela. Pedro Alonso was named by the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella chief pilot of the Ocean Sea (the Atlantic) as recompense for his services to the crown. He was also one of the teachers of Prince John, the ill-fated son of Ferdinand and Isabella, whom he taught the art of mapmaking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Niño brothers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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