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The two ships departed Hispaniola from Samana Bay (in the modern Dominican Republic) on January 16. However, they were separated again by a fierce storm in the North Atlantic on February 14. Columbus and Pinz each believed that the other was gone. Columbus found the island of Santa Maria in the Azores the day after. He stayed in the island for 3 days in order to reorganize his ships. After a run-in with the local governor, he arrived at Lisbon on March 4, and finally made it back to his home port of Palos without Pinta on March 15, 1493.
Meanwhile, the Pinta, and its captain, Pinz had missed the Azores and arrived at the port of Bayona in northern Spain. After a stop to repair the damaged ship, the Pinta arrived at Palos just hours after the Ni. Pinz had expected to be called a hero, but the honor had already been given to Columbus, and nothing was there for Pinz. Pinz died a few days later.
This event is very significant because this describes how the first voyage of Columbus had ended, and tells us that Pinz could have been called a hero too, only if he arrived before Columbus.
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