Martín Alonso Pinzón

Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and explorer

1441 CE to 1493 CE

Martín Alonso Pinzón, (Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. 1441 – c. 1493) is a Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and explorer, oldest of the Pinzón brothers.

He sails with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of the Pinta.

His youngest brother Vicente Yáñez Pinzón is captain of the Niña, and the middle brother Francisco Martín Pinzón is maestre (first mate) of the Pinta.

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