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Duarte Pacheco Pereira

1460 - 1533

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Duarte Pacheco Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [duˈaɾtɨ pɐˈʃeku pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; c. 1460 – 1533), called the Portuguese Achilles (Aquiles Lusitano) by the poet Camões, was a Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer. He travelled particularly in the central Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde islands, along the coast of West Africa and to India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duarte Pacheco Pereira has received more than 113,713 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Duarte Pacheco Pereira is the 213th most popular explorer, the 204th most popular biography from Portugal and the 24th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Duarte Pacheco Pereira ranks 213 out of 498. Before him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Lincoln Ellsworth, George W. De Long, Alejandro Malaspina, and Francisco de Bobadilla. After him are Julius Klaproth, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Carsten Borchgrevink, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Masabumi Hosono, and Daniel Boone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Duarte Pacheco Pereira ranks 21. Before him are Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Johannes Widmann, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, and Georges d'Amboise. After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas, Svante Nilsson, Johann Froben, Antoine Brumel, Boccaccio Boccaccino, and João da Nova. Among people deceased in 1533, Duarte Pacheco Pereira ranks 10. Before him are Vasili III of Russia, Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, Huáscar, Veit Stoss, and Túpac Huallpa. After him are Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., and Philip I, Margrave of Baden.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Duarte Pacheco Pereira ranks 204 out of 633. Before him are Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157), António Vieira (1608), Paulo Bento (1969), Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1568), José Sócrates (1957), and Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746). After him are Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), Nuno Gomes (1976), John de Britto (1647), Nani (1986), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon (1328), and Nuno Tristão (1500).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Duarte Pacheco Pereira ranks 24. Before him are Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), and Estêvão Gomes (1484). After 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).

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