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Pedro Alonso Niño (c. 1455 – c. 1505) was a Afro-Spanish [dubious – discuss] explorer during the 15th century. 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 .
Niño, Pedro Alonso (c. 1468–c. 1505)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.
The three Moranos Niño brothers, Pedro Alonso, Francisco, Juan, and Pedro's son, Bartolomé, were already sailors with prestige and experience in Atlantic journeys before playing a distinguished part in Columbus's first voyage to the New World. Their friendship with the Pinzón Brothers, and especially with the oldest of them, Martín Alonso ...
Oct 12, 2015 · 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 ...
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1 day ago · Niño, Pedro Alonso (c. 1468–1502), sometimes known as Peralonso Niño or Pero Alonso Niño, was a Spanish sailor and explorer Source: Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography Author(s): J. M. H. ClarkJ. M. H. Clark. who, in 1492, piloted the flagship Santa Maria in Christopher Columbus’s first voyage across the Atlantic ...
*The birth of Pedro Niño is celebrated on this date in c. 1455. He was a Black Spanish navigator and explorer. Pedro Alonso Niño was born in Moguer, Spain he was of mixed heritage of African and Spaniard. He was known as El Negro, and his father was one of the sailors Captured from Elmina. According to The History of Elmina, it was the first ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Moguer, Spain. Died. c.1505. Known for. Explorer. Pedro Alonso Niño (c. 1455 – c. 1505) was an Afro-Spanish explorer. He piloted the Santa María during Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, and accompanied him on his third voyage in 1498 to Trinidad.
