Person
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and explorer
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.