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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 ...
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.
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Learn about the Spanish navigator who captained the Niña in Columbus's first expedition to the New World in 1492. Find out how he also explored Brazil and the Amazon River and became its first governor.
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 .
Learn about the navigator and shipper who commanded the Niña on the first Columbus expedition and explored the Brazilian coast. Find out his biography, achievements, and sources from Encyclopedia.com.
Mar 2, 2010 · Pinzon, who commanded the Nina in Columbus' first voyage, was the first European explorer to sight the Brazilian coast. He sailed down the coast to the Amazon River, but Portugal claimed Brazil under the Treaty of Tordesillas.
