Person1441 – 1493
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Ship captain of Palos who commanded the Pinta on Columbus’s first voyage and helped recruit its crews
Where they went
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On 3 August 1492 Columbus left Palos with three ships — the Santa María, Pinta and Niña. Sailing west by way of the Canary Islands, he went 33 days without sight of land.
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Christopher Columbus1451 – 1506Genoese navigator who, sponsored by Spain, crossed the Atlantic and reached the Americas in 1492