Martín Alonso Pinzón

Martín Alonso Pinzón, (Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. 1441 – c. 1493) was a Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and explorer, oldest of the Pinzón brothers. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of the Pinta. His youngest brother Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was captain of the Niña, and the middle brother Francisco Martín Pinzón was maestre (first mate) of the Pinta.

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Martín Alonso Pinzón
Birth place
Andalusia , Spain , Huelva , Palos de la Frontera
Nationality
Spain
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1493
Place of death
Palos de la Frontera
Hometown
Palos de la Frontera

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