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Pedro Alonso Niño (c. 1455 – c. 1505) [1] was an Afro-Spanish [dubious – discuss] explorer during the 15th century. [2] He piloted the Santa María during Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, [1] and accompanied him on his third voyage in 1498 to Trinidad.
Pedro Alonso Niño was a Spanish explorer known as el Negro. A native of Moguer, Spain, Niño acted as pilot of the Santa María during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus . In 1499 Niño and Christopher Guerra received permission from Bishop Juan Rodríguez De Fonseca to explore the Gulf of Paria.
Oct 12, 2015 · Learn about Pedro Alonso Niño, one of the three Niño brothers who accompanied Columbus on his first voyage to the Americas in 1492. He was also a pilot, a sailor and an explorer who died in prison.
Pedro Niño was born in 1455 in Moguer, Spain, and was of mixed African and Spanish heritage. He piloted the Santa María in Columbus's first voyage to the Americas and explored the Indies independently, but was arrested and died in prison.
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Born in 1866 in Maryland, the young Matthew Henson joined the Chesapeake Bay merchant ship at age 12 and became a cabin boy. At 20, he had already visited several countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. But he really made his mark in history in 1909. He went on an expedition to the North Pole with Robert Peary and four Inuits. He’s the...
Mustafa Azemmouri, also known as Esteban de Dorentes or Estevanico, was a black man born in 1500 in Azemmouri, a coastal city in Morocco. He was sold as a slave to Andrés Dorantes de Carranza. This is when he started traveling. With Dorantes he went to Cuba then on a mission to conquer Florida for Spain. He then traveled to Texas, spent a few years...
It’s an open secret, Christopher Columbus is not the man who discovered America.Yes, there were black explorers before Columbus. Almost 200 years before him, Abubakari II, also called Mansa Musa II, reached America. Abubakari II was ruling the kingdom of Mali, one of the wealthiest in the world at the time. Watching the Atlantic ocean, Abubakari II...
James Beckwourth was born a slave in 1798 but he quickly made his name as a black explorer early in his life. He played an important role in exploring the West of the United States.He’s the only black person who documented and recorded his journey. This is how we found out he crossed the US, from the Everglades of Florida to the Pacific Ocean. He a...
The Black Nino brothers, Pedro Alonso, Francisco and Juan were black explorers born in Moguer, Spain. They joined Christopher Columbus for his expedition to America, and they were there during his three trips there. They were already seasoned sailors before joining Columbus. Pedro was the most famous, he was the helmsman of the Santa Maria. Juan he...
He’s the earliest black explorer on this list. Born and raised in Carthage, he lived during the late 6th century BC. Most accounts of his adventures have been lost but we know he’s the first explorer to reach the northwestern shores of Europe from the Mediterranean Sea.He traveled to the islands of Albion and Ierne, which are now Great Britain and ...
Juan Garrido was born in the kingdom of Kongo in 1478. He was sold as a slave in Portugal then started his career in exploration in Seville, Spain After that he became a conquistaor. He went to Dominican Republic, Florida, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Mexico.He settled in Mexico City, got married, had 3 kids, and became a farmer. He was one of the first w...
Born in Haiti, Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable is considered as the founder of the city of Chicago.From Haiti, he moved up north through Louisiana and ended up in Chicago. He settled there at the mouth of the Chicago River with his native wife Kittihawa. In 1788, he had his farm where he was living with wife and kids, providing much-needed stability ...
Bessie Coleman was born in Texas in 1892. After hearing her brothers’ tales, about women flying airplanes in France, she told herself “I’ll be an aviator!“Since black people and women were not allowed to enter a flying school in the US, she learned Franch so she could write the application to academies in France. One school accepted her! She’s the ...
Yes, there are black female explorers! Woni Spotts was born in 1964. She’s the first recorded black woman to visit every country in the world.She started her quest in the 1970s and reached her goal in September 2018. Many people who want to visit every country in the world tend to rush and spend a few days only in each country. Woni Spotts took her...
Pedro Alonso Niño, an accomplished navigator, assumed the pivotal role of pilot aboard the Santa María during Christopher Columbus' historic transatlantic voyage. Francisco Niño, a dedicated mariner, fulfilled the responsibilities of a sailor, providing indispensable support to the voyage's success.
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Feb 24, 2020 · Described as “El Negro,” navigator and explorer Pedro Alonso Niño, son of a white Spaniard and enslaved African woman, has long been acknowledged for accompanying Columbus on his first expedition to the Americas in 1492 as the pilot of the Santa Maria.
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