biography
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Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez
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pronunciation:
[peenthon]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1460–c.1524)
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| biography:
| Discoverer of Brazil, born in Palos, SW Spain. He commanded the Nina in the first expedition of Columbus (1492), and his brother, Martin, commanded the Pinta. In 1499 he sailed on his own account, and in 1500 landed near Pernambuco on the Brazil coast, which he followed N to the Orinoco. He was made Governor of Brazil by Ferdinand V and Isabella of Castile. |
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