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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 134,525 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Vicente Yáñez Pinzón is the 63rd most popular explorer (up from 70th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Spain (up from 244th in 2019) and the 8th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 63 out of 498. Before him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, John Smith, Henry Hudson, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Diogo Dias, and Yaqut al-Hamawi. After him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Davy Crockett, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, John Davis, and Xu Fu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 3. Before him are Vasco da Gama, and Juan Ponce de León. After him are Johann Tetzel, Tristão da Cunha, Lorenzo Costa, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Andrea Solari, Juan de la Cosa, Konstanty Ostrogski, and Tilman Riemenschneider. 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 226 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Pujol García (1912), Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), Luis Enrique (1970), and Antoni Tàpies (1923). After him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775), Louis Blanc (1811), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), and Reccared I (510).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón ranks 8. Before him are Francisco Pizarro (1478), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Francisco de Orellana (1511), and Diego de Almagro (1475). After him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Hernando de Soto (1500), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488).

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