In the history of exploration, Martín Alonso Pinzón is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Martín Alonso Pinzón as Spanish explorer.
Martín Alonso Pinzón was born at Palos de la Frontera in 1441. His recorded nationality is Crown of Castile.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer.
His recorded expeditions and events include first voyage of Christopher Columbus.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Martín Alonso Pinzón died in 1493, aged 52. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Expeditions: first voyage of Christopher Columbus
- Recorded as explorer
