{"id":3017,"date":"2023-03-15T22:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T21:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutriver.com\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2023-03-15T22:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T21:28:34","slug":"who-discovered-the-source-of-the-amazon-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutriver.com\/who-discovered-the-source-of-the-amazon-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Who discovered the source of the amazon river?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1500, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón became the first European to sail up the Amazon River. He journeyed upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, following the river all the way to present-day Peru.<\/p>\n

The amazon river was discovered by the Spanish explorer, Francisco de Orellana, in 1541.<\/p>\n

Who discovered Amazon River? <\/h2>\n

Orellana was born into a noble family and served as a page at the court of Charles V. In 1526, he accompanied Gonzalo Pizarro on an expedition to Peru in search of the fabled land of El Dorado. After several years of exploration and fighting with indigenous peoples, the expedition ran out of supplies and was forced to retreat. Orellana and a small group of men continued down the Amazon, hoping to find a way out. Instead, they found themselves trapped by the warlike Tupi Indians. Orellana and his men were forced to build a crude boat and floated down the river for over 6 months, facing starvation, disease, and attacks from hostile Indians. Finally, they reached the Atlantic Ocean and made their way back to Spain.<\/p>\n

Orellana’s account of his journey, published in 1542, was the first detailed European account of the Amazon River and its peoples. It sparked the imaginations of many subsequent explorers and helped pave the way for the colonization of the region.<\/p>\n