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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Spanish: [b i ˈ θ e n t e ˈ ʝ a ɲ e θ p i n ˈ θ o n]) (c. 1462 – after 1514) was a Spanish navigator and explorer, the youngest of the Pinzón brothers. Along with his older brother, Martín Alonso Pinzón ( c. 1441 – c. 1493), who captained the Pinta , he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage ...
- Castilian
- Explorer
- c. 1514 (aged c. 52), Triana, Seville
Apr 2, 2024 · Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón were brothers from a family of Spanish shipowners and navigators who took part in Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to America. Martín, part owner of the Pinta and Niña, helped prepare them, procured crews for the expedition of 1492, and commanded the.
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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (c. 1462 – c. September 1514) was the youngest brother. He was captain of the Niña on the first voyage of discovery. He later made other discoveries on his own account; historians consider him the discoverer of Brazil along with his cousin Diego de Lepe.
- 15th–16th century
- Sailors, explorers, fishermen
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Palos de la Frontera, aprox. 1462-1514) fue un navegante y explorador español, codescubridor de América y primer navegante europeo que llegó al Brasil. Navegó junto con Cristóbal Colón en su primer viaje al Nuevo Mundo, en 1492, como capitán de la carabela La Niña.
- Gobernador de Puerto Rico
- Marino, explorador, descubridor
Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1463-1514) captained the ship Niña during Italian explorer Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World in 1492 and went on to participate in the exploration of Brazil, becoming that nation's first governor.
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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (b. mid-1400s; d. ca. August-September 1514), captain of the Niña on the first Columbus expedition, "discoverer" of the Amazon River. A navigator and shipper of the Andalusian port of Palos, Pinzón, along with his brother Martín Alonso Pinzón, conducted trade from the mid-1470s with ports in the central Mediterranean ...
Yáñez Pinzón, Vicente. Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), c. 1461-1462 – Sevilla, IX.1514. Marino, descubridor. Vicente Yáñez Pinzón era hijo de Martín Alonso Pinzón y de Mayor Vicente. Tenía otros dos hermanos, uno menor que él, Francisco Martín Pinzón y otro mayor, Martín Alonso Pinzón.
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