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Cristoforo Buondelmonti

1385 - 1430

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Cristoforo Buondelmonti (c. 1385 – c. 1430) was an Italian Franciscan priest, traveler, and was a pioneer in promoting first-hand knowledge of Greece and its antiquities throughout the Western world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristoforo Buondelmonti has received more than 56,860 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Cristoforo Buondelmonti is the 243rd most popular explorer (down from 214th in 2019), the 2,509th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,185th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Explorer.

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  • 57k

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  • 60.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Cristoforo Buondelmonti ranks 243 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Cieza de León, Yuri Lisyansky, Pehr Osbeck, Eduard von Toll, Grigory Potanin, and Nikolaus Federmann. After him are Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Lady Hester Stanhope, Rodrigo de Jerez, Edward Bransfield, Juan de Garay, and Pero Escobar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1385, Cristoforo Buondelmonti ranks 4. Before him are Fra Mauro, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, and John I, Duke of Alençon. After him are Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Isidore of Kiev, Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Paul von Rusdorf, and Fernão Lopes. Among people deceased in 1430, Cristoforo Buondelmonti ranks 5. Before him are Vytautas, Christine de Pizan, Philippa of England, and Al-Musta'in. After him are Alain Chartier, and Hafiz-i Abru.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cristoforo Buondelmonti ranks 2,509 out of 5,161. Before him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus (-300), Simone Peterzano (1540), Alberto Burri (1915), Massimo Bonini (1959), Pietro Anastasi (1948), and Pietro Mocenigo (1406). After him are Vasco Rossi (1952), Franco Interlenghi (1931), Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642), Riccardo Paletti (1958), Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), and Virginio Rosetta (1902).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Cristoforo Buondelmonti ranks 14. Before him are Sebastian Cabot (1484), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), and Alejandro Malaspina (1754). After him are Ippolito Rosellini (1800), Eusebio Kino (1645), and Teoberto Maler (1842).

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