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Enrique of Malacca

1495 - 1600

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Enrique of Malacca (Spanish: Enrique de Malaca; Portuguese: Henrique de Malaca), was a Malay member of the Magellan expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the world in 1519–1522. He was acquired as a slave by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1511 at the age of 14 years, probably in the early stages of the capture of Malacca. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enrique of Malacca has received more than 474,235 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Enrique of Malacca is the 102nd most popular explorer (up from 206th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Explorer.

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  • 60.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Enrique of Malacca ranks 102 out of 498. Before him are Martín Alonso Pinzón, Calamity Jane, Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, and Bartholomew Columbus. After him are Juan de la Cosa, Michael Rockefeller, Mary Kingsley, Thomas Cavendish, João Gonçalves Zarco, and Adam Johann von Krusenstern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Enrique of Malacca ranks 5. Before him are Cuauhtémoc, Francesco II Sforza, John of God, and Petrus Apianus. After him are Clément Marot, Jan van Scorel, Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, and Luigi Alamanni. Among people deceased in 1600, Enrique of Malacca ranks 4. Before him are Giordano Bruno, Ishida Mitsunari, and Sawney Bean. After him are Catharina van Hemessen, Bâkî, Konishi Yukinaga, José de Acosta, Luis de Molina, Gaspar de Lemos, Hosokawa Gracia, and Ōtani Yoshitsugu.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Enrique of Malacca ranks 12 out of 158. Before him are Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), and Prabowo Subianto (1951). After him are Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Jan Toorop (1858), Kartini (1879), Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), and George Uhlenbeck (1900).

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Among EXPLORERS In Indonesia

Among explorers born in Indonesia, Enrique of Malacca ranks 1. After him are Hendrik Brouwer (1581).

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