The next largest ship was the Pinta, which was commanded by Martin Alonso Pinzon, who took his brother Francisco with him as sailing-master.
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The Pinta was of fifty tons burden, decked only at the bow and stern, and the fastest of the three ships; she also had three masts.
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Gomaz Rascon and Christoval Quintero, the owners of the Pinta, who had resented her being pressed into the service, were at the bottom of a good deal of it.
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