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Bartolomeu Perestrello

1400 - 1457

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Bartolomeu Perestrello (Portuguese pronunciation: [baɾtuluˈmew pɨɾɨʃˈtɾelu], in Italian Bartolomeo Perestrello), 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo (c. 1395 – 1457) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer that is claimed to have discovered and populated Porto Santo Island (1419) together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartolomeu Perestrello has received more than 47,822 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomeu Perestrello is the 192nd most popular explorer, the 181st most popular biography from Portugal and the 22nd most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bartolomeu Perestrello ranks 192 out of 498Before him are Sophie Blanchard, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Aleksandra Potanina, Jimmie Angel, and Alexander Mackenzie. After him are Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Olivier van Noort, Matthew Flinders, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Wilhelm Filchner, and James Weddell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Bartolomeu Perestrello ranks 21Before him are Goharshad Begum, Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia, Jang Yeong-sil, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, and Doukas. After him are Gjon Kastrioti, Irene Asanina, John, Constable of Portugal, Michael Szilágyi, Johann Fust, and Charles I of Albret. Among people deceased in 1457, Bartolomeu Perestrello ranks 10Before him are Jingtai Emperor, Danjong of Joseon, Andrea del Castagno, Francesco Foscari, Ladislaus Hunyadi, and Goharshad Begum. After him are Peter II, Duke of Brittany, Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch, and Francesco Pesellino.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Bartolomeu Perestrello ranks 181 out of 633Before him are Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), Paulo Sousa (1970), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Sérgio Conceição (1974), and Ricardo Carvalho (1978). After him are Luís Fróis (1532), Almeida Garrett (1799), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), Alexandrina of Balazar (1904), and Cristóvão da Gama (1516).

Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Bartolomeu Perestrello ranks 22Before him are Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), António de Abreu (1480), and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499). After him are Estêvão Gomes (1484), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Nuno Tristão (1500), Jorge Álvares (1401), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), and João Fernandes Lavrador (1453).