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Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Alaminos, Antonio

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Edition of 1900.

ALAMINOS, Antonio (ah-lah-mee'-nos), first naval officer of the Spanish fleet that discovered the peninsula of Yucatan in 1517. He distinguished himself by his services under the commands of Grijalba and Hernan Cortes, and was the first to pass the Bahama channel.