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Pinzón

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Pin·zón  (pn-zn, pn-thn), Martín Alonso 1440?-1493.
Spanish navigator who commanded the Pinta on Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America (1492-1493). His brother Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460?-1524?) was the first European explorer of the Amazon River (1500).

Pinzón (Spanish) [pinˈθɔn]
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1. (Biographies / Pinzón, Martín Alonzo (?1440-1493) M, Spanish, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator) Martín Alonzo (marˈtin aˈlɔnθo). ?1440-93, Spanish navigator, who commanded the Pinta on Columbus' first expedition (1492-93), which he abandoned in a vain attempt to be the first to arrive back in Spain
2. (Biographies / Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez (?1460-?1524) M, Spanish, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator) his brother, Vicente Yáñez (biˈθente ˈjaɲɛθ). ?1460-?1524, Spanish navigator, who commanded the Niña on Columbus' first expedition (1492-93)


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