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Diogo Cão

1440 - 1486

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Diogo Cão (c. 1452 – 1486), also known as Diogo Cam, was a Portuguese mariner and one of the most notable explorers of the fifteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diogo Cão has received more than 242,898 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Diogo Cão is the 56th most popular explorer (up from 61st in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 59th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Diogo Cão is most famous for being the first European to discover the mouth of the Congo River.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Diogo Cão ranks 56 out of 405. Before him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Richard Francis Burton, William Adams, Hugh Glass, Samuel de Champlain, and Henry Hudson. After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Michael Rockefeller, John Smith, James Clark Ross, and Nikolay Przhevalsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Diogo Cão ranks 5. Before him are Ivan III of Russia, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Kabir, and Hugo van der Goes. After him are Sten Sture the Elder, Hartmann Schedel, Jorge Manrique, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Antonio Vivarini, Alain I of Albret, and Bartolomé Bermejo. Among people deceased in 1486, Diogo Cão ranks 1. After him are Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, Tizoc, Margaret of Foix, Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony, Marco Barbarigo, Louis I, Count of Montpensier, and Aristotele Fioravanti.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Diogo Cão ranks 61 out of 555. Before him are Afonso VI of Portugal (1643), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Afonso II of Portugal (1185), Manoel de Oliveira (1908), and Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939). After him are Jorge Sampaio (1939), Carmen Miranda (1909), Catherine of Braganza (1638), José Manuel Barroso (1956), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), and Isaac Abarbanel (1437).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Diogo Cão ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), and Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467). After him are Diego Columbus (1479), Diogo Dias (1450), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), and Tristão da Cunha (1460).

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