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Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

Spanish explorer and cartographer

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Lived 1494–1520, aged 26Spain
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    1494–1520
    Aged 26
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Updated 2026-06-25

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. In doing so he created the first map to depict what is now Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast of the United States.

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