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Bento de Góis

1562 - 1607

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bento de Góis has received more than 61,077 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bento de Góis is the 324th most popular explorer (down from 212th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 190th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 50.97

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bento de Góis ranks 324 out of 498. Before him are Hermann Wissmann, Helge Ingstad, Dmitry Laptev, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Pedro Tafur, and William Clark. After him are Martim Afonso de Sousa, Alexander Dalrymple, Grímur Kamban, Louise Arner Boyd, Friedrich Welwitsch, and Louis de Freycinet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Bento de Góis ranks 17. Before him are Ottavio Rinuccini, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Isabella Andreini, John Bull, Adam van Noort, and Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. After him are James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg, Francis Godwin, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, George Abbot, and Samuel Daniel. Among people deceased in 1607, Bento de Góis ranks 16. Before him are Guidobaldo del Monte, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Michele Ruggieri, Eleanor of Prussia, and Patriarch Job of Moscow. After him are Giovanni Maria Nanino, and Bartholomew Gosnold.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Bento de Góis ranks 278 out of 633. Before him are Pedro Teixeira (1585), Maniche (1977), Antero de Quental (1842), Bernardo Silva (1994), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), and Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937). After him are Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), José Augusto (1937), Vítor Pereira (1968), João de Castro (1500), and Marcos Portugal (1762).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Bento de Góis ranks 31. Before him are Nuno Tristão (1500), Jorge Álvares (1401), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), and Fernão de Loronha (1470). After him are Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), Miguel Corte-Real (1448), Lourenço de Almeida (1480), and George Grey (1812).

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