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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicente Yáñez Pinzón has received more than 126,328 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Vicente Yáñez Pinzón is the 71st most popular explorer (up from 88th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Spain (up from 289th in 2019) and the 12th 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 71 out of 405. Before him are William Dampier, Lope de Aguirre, Hernando de Soto, Diego Columbus, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, and Alonso de Ojeda. After him are Davy Crockett, Willem Janszoon, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Calamity Jane, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and Ferdinand von Wrangel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 4. Before him are Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, and Johann Tetzel. After him are Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Judah Leon Abravanel, Juan de la Cosa, Tristão da Cunha, Lorenzo Costa, Jacopo de' Barbari, and Geertgen tot Sint Jans. 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, 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 244 out of 2,932. Before him are Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), and Alonso de Ojeda (1466). After him are Sancho IV of Castile (1258), Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), Postumus (250), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Fernando Rey (1917), and Reccared I (510).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 12. Before him are Juan Ponce de León (1460), Diego de Almagro (1475), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Hernando de Soto (1500), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), and Alonso de Ojeda (1466). After him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), and Ferdinand Columbus (1488).

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