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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón

1460 - 1514

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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Spanish: [biˈθente ˈʝaɲeθ pinˈθon]) (c. 1462 – after 1514) was a Spanish navigator and explorer, the youngest of the Pinzón brothers. Along with his older brother, Martín Alonso Pinzón (c. 1441 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Yáñez Pinzón is the 84th most popular explorer (down from 63rd in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 226th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was a Spanish explorer who was most famous for being the captain of the Pinta during Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 84 out of 498. Before him are Juan Díaz de Solís, Xu Fu, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Richard Francis Burton, Stepan Makarov, and Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira. After him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Diego Columbus, Jeanne Baret, Willem Janszoon, Tristão da Cunha, and Jean de Béthencourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 5. Before him are Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, Lorenzo Costa, and Johann Tetzel. After him are Tristão da Cunha, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Juan de la Cosa, Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, and Judah Leon Abravanel. Among people deceased in 1514, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 3. Before him are Donato Bramante, and Anne of Brittany. After him are György Dózsa, Hartmann Schedel, Charlotte of Albret, António de Abreu, Anna of Brandenburg, and Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 283 out of 3,355. Before him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Luis de la Fuente (1961), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), Ruy López de Segura (1530), and Ibn Jubayr (1145). After him are Ferdinand II of León (1137), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Rafael Nadal (1986), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), and Urraca of León (1081).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 14. Before him are Diego de Almagro (1475), Hernando de Soto (1500), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), and Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542). After him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), and Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441).

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