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André Thevet

1516 - 1590

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André Thevet (; French: [təvɛ]; 1516 – 23 November 1590) was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and South America. His most significant book was The New Found World, or Antarctike, which compiled a number of different sources and his own experience into what purported to be a firsthand account of his experiences in France Antarctique, a French settlement near modern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Thevet has received more than 63,473 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. André Thevet is the 200th most popular explorer, the 2,477th most popular biography from France and the 20th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, André Thevet ranks 200 out of 498. Before him are Olivier van Noort, Matthew Flinders, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Wilhelm Filchner, James Weddell, and Samuel Wallis. After him are Vasily Tatishchev, Estêvão Gomes, Naddodd, Thekla Resvoll, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and John Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, André Thevet ranks 8. Before him are Conrad Gessner, Bayinnaung, Margaret Leijonhufvud, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Tabinshwehti, and Hieronymus Wolf. After him are Cristóvão da Gama, Realdo Colombo, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Söyembikä of Kazan, John Foxe, and Emilie of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1590, André Thevet ranks 19. Before him are Giambattista Benedetti, Maddalena Casulana, François Hotman, Leone Leoni, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, and Catherine of Ricci. After him are Hōjō Ujimasa, Germain Pilon, Kanō Eitoku, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Dirck Coornhert, and Robert Garnier.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Thevet ranks 2,477 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Tresca (1814), Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1838), Paul Frère (1917), Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), Guy Bonnet (1945), and Marcellin Marbot (1782). After him are Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), Antoine Pinay (1891), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Matthias of Arras (1290), Jacques Tourneur (1904), and Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, André Thevet ranks 20. Before him are Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), René Caillié (1799), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), and Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867). After him are Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Nicolas Baudin (1754), and Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737).

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