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Anthony de la Roché

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Anthony de la Roché (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was a 17th-century English maritime explorer and merchant, born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother, who took part in a joint venture established by English and Dutch shipowners in the Spanish port city of Cádiz in order to engage in the lucrative New World trade. During a commercial voyage between Europe and South America he was blown off course in Drake Passage, visited the island of South Georgia and sighted Clerke Rocks in 1675, thereby making the first discovery of land in the Antarctic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony de la Roché has received more than 95,495 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony de la Roché is the 385th most popular explorer, the 3,636th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 53rd most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Anthony de la Roché ranks 385 out of 405. Before him are George Nares, Jacques Labillardière, John Colter, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Gennady Nevelskoy, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. After him are Tobias Furneaux, Boris Vilkitsky, Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, and Ranulph Fiennes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Anthony de la Roché ranks 34. Before him are Stanisław Konarski, Nathaniel Bliss, Picander, Khariton Laptev, Abdul Aziz Hotak, and James Thomson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony de la Roché ranks 3,636 out of 7,765. Before him are Douglas Hartree (1897), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Francis Willughby (1635), Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), and Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930). After him are Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), Barnes Wallis (1887), Joe Fagan (1921), Eric Thompson (1919), Nathaniel Parker (1962), and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Anthony de la Roché ranks 53. Before him are John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), George Bass (1771), Luke Foxe (1586), Alfred Maudslay (1850), John Marshall (1748), and George Nares (1831). After him are Tobias Furneaux (1735), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Vivian Fuchs (1908), and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764).

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