<p>José María Pinedo was a naval commander in the Navy of the United Provinces of the River Plate one of the precursor states of what is now known as Argentina. Portrait from later in life, some correction and cropping to eliminate problems from original scan of a poor quality image.
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(Life time: 1885 )
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<p><b>Original publication</b>: Unknown.  The image was reproduced in <i>Genealogía: Hombres de Mayo</i>, edited by the <i>Revista del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas</i> in Argentina in 1961.  This is a magazine that deals with genealogical studies.  The caption of the image reads <i>Coronel Don José M. Pinedo</i> <br><b>Immediate source</b>: Wiki commons - <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colonel_Jose_M_Pinedo_Oval.png" title="File:Colonel Jose M Pinedo Oval.png">File:Colonel Jose M Pinedo Oval.png</a>
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