Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was a Spanish navigator and explorer best known for commanding one of Christopher Columbus’s ships during the 1492 voyage and later leading his own expeditions to the coasts of Brazil and Central America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vicente Yáñez Pinzón canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1996222 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón Context triple: [Niña, captainOnFirstVoyage, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón]
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Juan de Grijalva
Juan de Grijalva was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for leading one of the first European expeditions to the coasts of present-day Mexico in the early 16th century.
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
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Andrés de Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
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D.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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E.
Juan de la Cosa
Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer best known for creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas and for sailing with Christopher Columbus on his voyages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón Target entity description: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was a Spanish navigator and explorer best known for commanding one of Christopher Columbus’s ships during the 1492 voyage and later leading his own expeditions to the coasts of Brazil and Central America.
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A.
Juan de Grijalva
Juan de Grijalva was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for leading one of the first European expeditions to the coasts of present-day Mexico in the early 16th century.
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B.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
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C.
Andrés de Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
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D.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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E.
Juan de la Cosa
Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer best known for creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas and for sailing with Christopher Columbus on his voyages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish person
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Atlantic Ocean
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Caribbean Sea ⓘ coasts of Central America ⓘ coasts of South America ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christopher Columbus
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Pinzón brothers ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| employer |
Catholic Monarchs
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Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Castilian ⓘ |
| explored |
coast of Brazil
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coast of present-day Venezuela ⓘ coasts of Central America ⓘ mouth of the Amazon River ⓘ |
| familyName | Pinzón ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
maritime exploration
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navigation ⓘ |
| givenName | Vicente ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| name | Vicente Yáñez Pinzón self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding one of Columbus’s ships in 1492
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leading independent voyages of exploration after 1492 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
exploration of the coasts of Central America
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participation in the first voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ voyage to the coast of Brazil in 1499–1500 ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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navigator ⓘ ship captain ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
first voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| relative |
Francisco Martín Pinzón
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Martín Alonso Pinzón ⓘ |
| role |
leader of exploratory expeditions to the New World
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ship’s captain on Columbus’s first voyage ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | late 15th century ⓘ |
| shipCommanded | La Niña ⓘ |
| sibling |
Francisco Martín Pinzón
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Martín Alonso Pinzón ⓘ |
| voyage |
Atlantic crossing of 1492
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Atlantic voyage to Brazil 1499–1500 ⓘ |
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Subject: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón Description of subject: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was a Spanish navigator and explorer best known for commanding one of Christopher Columbus’s ships during the 1492 voyage and later leading his own expeditions to the coasts of Brazil and Central America.
Referenced by (7)
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