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António de Abreu

1480 - 1514

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António de Abreu (c. 1480 – c. 1514) was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque in the conquest of Ormus in 1507 and Malacca in 1511, where he got injured. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of António de Abreu has received more than 74,940 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). António de Abreu is the 132nd most popular explorer (up from 187th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 166th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, António de Abreu ranks 132 out of 405Before him are Himilco, João Vaz Corte-Real, Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Jean Chardin. After him are Rodrigo de Triana, Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, Frederick de Houtman, Francisco Serrão, and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, António de Abreu ranks 20Before him are Palma Vecchio, Gazi Husrev-beg, Dosso Dossi, Marcantonio Raimondi, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, and Jean Clouet. After him are Sebastián de Belalcázar, Juan de Grijalva, Pedro Damiano, Herri met de Bles, Pir Sultan Abdal, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Among people deceased in 1514, António de Abreu ranks 6Before him are Donato Bramante, Anne of Brittany, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, György Dózsa, and Hartmann Schedel. After him are Anna of Brandenburg and Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António de Abreu ranks 123 out of 555Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), António Ramalho Eanes (1935), Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521), and João Vaz Corte-Real (1420). After him are Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Teófilo Braga (1843), Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843), and Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1040).

Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, António de Abreu ranks 15Before him are Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), and João Vaz Corte-Real (1420). After him are Francisco Serrão (1500), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), and Nuno Tristão (1500).