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Martin Alonso Pinzón, the captain of the Niña, believed that they had reached the outskirts of Asia, specifically the islands of the East Indies, when Christopher Columbus and his crew landed in the Bahamas in 1492. He was convinced that they had found a new route to Asia, which motivated their explorations. This belief was common among explorers of the time, as they sought new trade routes to the lucrative markets of Asia. Pinzón's perspective highlighted the widespread misconceptions about the geography of the world during the Age of Exploration.

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