1562 - 1607
Bento de Góis (1562 – 11 April 1607), was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and explorer. His name is commonly given in English as Bento de Goes or Bento de Goës; in the past, it has also been Anglicized as Benedict Goës.He is mainly remembered as the first known European to travel overland from India to China, via current day Afghanistan and the Pamir Mountains. Inspired by controversies among the Jesuits as to whether the Cathay of Marco Polo's stories is the same country as China, his expedition conclusively proved that the two countries are one and the same, and, according to Henry Yule, made "Cathay... Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bento de Góis has received more than 56,361 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bento de Góis is the 213th most popular explorer (up from 270th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 215th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Portuguese Explorer.
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Among explorers, Bento de Góis ranks 213 out of 405. Before him are Enrique of Malacca, Gaspar de Lemos, Pedro Cieza de León, Julius Klaproth, Diego de Almagro II, and Wilhelm Filchner. After him are Jan Czerski, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Alejandro Malaspina, René Caillié, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Ruy López de Villalobos.
1495 - 1600
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 207
1500 - 1600
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 208
1520 - 1554
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 209
1783 - 1835
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 210
1520 - 1542
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 211
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 212
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 213
1845 - 1892
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 214
1385 - 1430
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 215
1754 - 1810
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 216
1799 - 1838
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 217
1867 - 1936
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 218
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 219
Among people born in 1562, Bento de Góis ranks 12. Before him are Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Cornelis van Haarlem, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Pietro Bernini, Ottavio Rinuccini, and John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Isabella Andreini, John Bull, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Adam van Noort, and George Abbot. Among people deceased in 1607, Bento de Góis ranks 12. Before him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Giorgio Basta, Guidobaldo del Monte, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacob van Heemskerck, and Luzzasco Luzzaschi. After him are Gillis van Coninxloo, Eleanor of Prussia, Michele Ruggieri, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Giovanni Maria Nanino, and Bartholomew Gosnold.
1562 - 1628
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 6
1562 - 1638
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 7
1562 - 1604
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 8
1562 - 1629
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 9
1562 - 1621
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 10
1562 - 1609
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 11
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 12
1562 - 1602
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 13
1562 - 1604
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 14
1562 - 1628
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 15
1562 - 1647
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 16
1562 - 1641
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 17
1562 - 1633
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 18
1566 - 1607
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 6
1550 - 1607
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 7
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 8
1563 - 1607
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 9
1567 - 1607
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 10
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 11
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 12
1544 - 1607
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 13
1583 - 1607
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 14
1543 - 1607
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 15
1525 - 1607
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 16
1544 - 1607
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 17
1572 - 1607
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 18
Among people born in Portugal, Bento de Góis ranks 190 out of 555. Before him are José Saraiva Martins (1932), Manuel de Arriaga (1840), Nani (1986), Carlos do Carmo (1939), Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1568), and Carlos Seixas (1704). After him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), António Vieira (1608), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), and Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934).
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 184
1840 - 1917
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 185
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 186
1939 - 2021
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 187
1568 - 1630
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 188
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 189
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 190
1801 - 1876
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 191
1211 - 1231
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 192
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 193
1506 - 1555
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 194
1604 - 1657
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 195
1934 - 1980
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 196
Among explorers born in Portugal, Bento de Góis ranks 22. Before him are Francisco Serrão (1500), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), and Nuno Tristão (1500). After him are Jorge Álvares (1401), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), and Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846).
1500 - 1521
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 16
1450 - 1501
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 17
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 18
1484 - 1555
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 19
1455 - 1485
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 20
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 21
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 22
1401 - 1521
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 23
1484 - 1538
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 24
1395 - 1480
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 25
1415 - 1481
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 26
1400 - 1460
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 27
1846 - 1900
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 28