Martin alonzo pinzon biography

Pinzon, MARTIN ALONSO, Spanish navigator and companion of Columbus on his first voyage to the New World, b. at Palos de Moguer, 1441; d. there at the convent of La Rabida, 1493. Sprung from a family of seamen, he became a hardy sailor and skillful pilot.

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According to Parkman and other historians, he sailed under Cousin, a navigator from Dieppe, to the eastern coast of Africa, whence they were carried far to the southwest. They there discovered an unknown land and a mighty river. Pinzon’s conduct on this voyage was so mutinous that Cousin entered a complaint to the admiralty on their return home, and had him dismissed from the maritime service of Dieppe.

returning to Spain Pinzon became acquainted with Columbus through Fray Juan Perez de Marchina, prior of the convent of La Rabida, and became an enthusiastic promoter of the scheme of the great navigator. Other historians account differently for the origin of Pinzon’s interest in Columbus’s pr Martin Alonso Pinzon - Encyclopedia.com HYHI