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See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
MARTIN ALONZO PINION , See also:born about the See also:middle of the 15th See also:century, gave material assistance to See also:Columbus in carrying out his project. " If See also:Colon was the See also:head, See also:Pinzon was the right See also:arm " (Asensio). In the expedition of 1492 he commanded the " Pinta," on which his See also:brother Francisco was See also:pilot; another brother, See also:Vicente Yanez, commanded the " Nina." On the 6th of See also:October Martin Alonzo suggested to Columbus (when already in the See also:longitude of the See also:Bermudas) to See also:change the course of the expedition from due See also:west to See also:south-west; on the 7th of October this See also:suggestion—strengthened by the observation of a See also:flight of birds to the south-west—was adopted, bringing the See also:fleet, four days later, to the landfall at Guanahani (See also:San See also:Salvador, Watling See also:Island) in the See also:Bahamas (Oct. 12, 1492). On the 21st of See also:November 1492, near the See also:east end of the See also:north See also:coast of See also:Cuba, Martin Alonzo See also:left Columbus, making eastward in See also:search of the See also:gold-See also:land of which they had heard the natives speak. On the 6th of See also:January 1493 he rejoined the See also:admiral, who accepted his excuses. But on the return See also:journey he again left his See also:leader, and when Columbus arrived at Palos on the 15th of See also:March 1493 he learned that Alonzo had already landed at Bayona in See also:Galicia. If his See also:object was to forestall Columbus and pose as discoverer of the New See also:World, he was foiled; See also:audience was refused him by See also:Ferdinand and See also:Isabella; and soon after he died, perhaps of chagrin.
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