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Bernal Díaz del Castillo

1492 - 1584

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Bernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1492 – 3 February 1584) was a Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernal Díaz del Castillo has received more than 484,379 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bernal Díaz del Castillo is the 110th most popular explorer (down from 107th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Spain (down from 355th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Explorer.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo is most famous for his book The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, which was an eyewitness account of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bernal Díaz del Castillo ranks 110 out of 498. Before him are Michael Rockefeller, Mary Kingsley, Thomas Cavendish, João Gonçalves Zarco, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Semyon Dezhnev. After him are Fernão Mendes Pinto, Sacagawea, George Vancouver, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Heinrich Barth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Bernal Díaz del Castillo ranks 5. Before him are Pietro Aretino, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Marguerite de Navarre, and Juan Luis Vives. After him are Andrea Alciato, Elizabeth Tudor, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, Saadet I Giray, Jean du Bellay, and Adam Ries. Among people deceased in 1584, Bernal Díaz del Castillo ranks 5. Before him are Ivan the Terrible, William the Silent, Charles Borromeo, and Francis, Duke of Anjou. After him are Jan Kochanowski, Yi I, Balthasar Gérard, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Marcantonio Colonna, Mehmed II Giray, and Pieter Pourbus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bernal Díaz del Castillo ranks 378 out of 3,355. Before him are Erwig (642), David Villa (1981), Fernando Hierro (1968), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), and Alfonso V of León (994). After him are Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Teresa Berganza (1933), Yusuf I of Granada (1318), Enrique Simonet (1866), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), and Jacint Verdaguer (1845).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Bernal Díaz del Castillo ranks 21. Before him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), and Juan de la Cosa (1460). After him are Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), and Juan de Grijalva (1480).

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