Nina sinks on Valentine´s Day - what was discovered and by whom?

OTL, the fleet of 2 ships (Pinta and Nina) having departed land of Indies on 8th of January, 1493, met a storm and was separated on 13th of February, 1493.

Each ship then proceeded on the assumption that the other had sank with all hands.
OTL, Pinta passed Azores without seeing them and reached Bayona on 2nd of March. Sent a letter from Bayona reporting the trip - the first written report of the trip anywhere in Europe - and reached Palos on 15th of March.

OTL, Nina did survive. Made a landfall at Azores island of Santa Maria on 15th of February. Tarried - was actually delayed - till 23rd of February. Arrived in Lisbon on 4th of March. Delayed there again, and submitted a second written report - unlike Azores. Reached Palos on 15th of March - a few hours before Pinta.

So, what are the effects of the PoD if Nina did sink on Valentine´s day?
The crew of Nina was about 20 men, including Cristobal Colon. That of Pinta was about 26 men.
The captain of Pinta was a Martin Pinzon.
OTL, Martin Pinzon fell ill near the end of his trip with fevers. In Palos, on 15th of March, he was carried off his ship in a stretcher and died about two weeks later.

Other prominent crew members of Pinta included Martin´s younger brother and second-in-command Francisco (lived till 1502) and shipowner Cristobal Quintero.

There are Capitulations of Santa Fe. Colon has indeed discovered something as he promised.

But Colon is not back in Europe to trumpet his success and claim his reward.
Who are around?
Diego Colon is certainly around as a page at court.
He is also 13, with no past service of his own and none to offer in imminent future.
Diego´s mother Filipa Moniz from Madeira is dead since 1484 or so.
Diego´s actual guardian is a mistress Beatriz de Arana. Why did Cristobal not marry her?
Diego´s paternal uncle Bartolome Colon was elsewhere in Europe, and OTL came to Spain after hearing of his brother´s success. If there was only a low key failure, would he even have come?
And then there are the financial backers of Colon. Led by Luis de Santangel.

Pinzons and Cristobal Quintero were lower status people than Cristobal Colon. It was Cristobal Colon and not Pinzons who raised the investment for the expedition. It was Cristobal Colon who Capitulations of Santa Fe were with, and he has actually kept his end.

But Cristobal is dead and of no future use.
Francisco Pinzon can offer to guide a return trip to the new lands, and to retrieve the 39 men left behind at La Navidad. Diego Colon cannot.
So precisely who discovered the new lands again? Late Cristobal Colon, father of an otherwise useless teenage page, or late Martin Pinzon, the elder brother of the prime surviving guide to New World?

And what has been discovered? Colon insisted it was Indies, peopled by Indians as per his original plan. Would Francisco Pinzon have the same reason for the same insistence, or would he acknowledge it as new lands and new people?
 
I suspect that reward is shared around, and might be less totally than what CC got, the lands are still claimed for Spain, and much argument is had whether it's the Indies, Cathay, or something else.
Portugal might put more effort into following up the discovery leading to holding more when a division is agreed if only a 2 way division is made - butterflies on non Iberian interaction with the publication of the news.
 
Portugal might put more effort into following up the discovery
But Portugal is not immediately notified. Unlike Nina that made landfall in Azores and then in Lisbon, and had to report what they had been up to, Pinta came to Bayona and then sailed to Palos without meeting any Portuguese.
With just the 25 low status sailors on the loose in Spain, Portuguese do not easily get a clue that Columbus had sailed south of Canaries, expressly forbidden by Treaty of Alcacovas, rather than directly west or northwest, not expressly forbidden. Even if they hear in April-September 1493 about Spanish preparations for a followup voyage, they do not know if it was something big, or only some small/midsized isles like Azores.
 
But Portugal is not immediately notified. Unlike Nina that made landfall in Azores and then in Lisbon, and had to report what they had been up to, Pinta came to Bayona and then sailed to Palos without meeting any Portuguese.
With just the 25 low status sailors on the loose in Spain, Portuguese do not easily get a clue that Columbus had sailed south of Canaries, expressly forbidden by Treaty of Alcacovas, rather than directly west or northwest, not expressly forbidden. Even if they hear in April-September 1493 about Spanish preparations for a followup voyage, they do not know if it was something big, or only some small/midsized isles like Azores.
Oh interesting. So it depends then on how a follow up occurs, if indeed there is a follow up.
 

PhilippeO

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without Colon promoting it, will it become famous ? there are arguments that his massive promotion who contribute to his fame and several more expedition.

without promoter, Hispaniola and Caribea could ended up like Brazil. known, but of little importance to non-sailor. settlement happen far more slowly and Empire (Aztec/Inca) contact delayed for decade or two. it might like Amazon and Maya be forgotten and swalllowed by jungle, while epidemic spread without European realization.
 
Oh interesting. So it depends then on how a follow up occurs, if indeed there is a follow up.

OTL, Second Voyage of Columbus departed Cadiz on 24th of September, 1493. Slightly more than 6 months after his arrival in Palos.
And he did it with 17 ships... and 1200 men. Where first voyage had been 3 ships and 86 men.
Making a landfall in Indies on 3rd of November and returning to La Isabela on 22nd of November. After a wait of nearly 11 months... turned out the 39 had not survived it.

The OTL tally of Columbus´ First Voyage had been depart with 86 men, bring back 47 men. TTL tally would be 86 departing, 26 coming back.
Suppose Francisco Pinzon´s objective for his second voyage were, not to bring 1200 men to Indies and stay, but to send 200 men there and come back with 239 (the original 200 and the 39 Columbus had left stranded there) plus more reliable maps?

Could such a second voyage be prepared and sent with less publicity and also with less time than OTL Columbus´ second? Departing before September 1493?
 
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