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Estêvão Gomes

1484 - 1538

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Estêvão Gomes (c. 1483 – 1538), also known by the Spanish version of his name Esteban Gómez, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed in the service of Castile (Spain) in the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, but deserted the expedition when they had reached the Strait of Magellan and returned to Spain in May 1521. In 1524, he explored the coast of present-day New England and Nova Scotia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Estêvão Gomes has received more than 99,931 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Estêvão Gomes is the 256th most popular explorer (up from 273rd in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 216th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Estêvão Gomes ranks 256 out of 405. Before him are Nicolas Baudin, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Pehr Osbeck, Carl Peters, Freya Stark, and Karl Weyprecht. After him are Paweł Strzelecki, Eusebio Kino, Roy Chapman Andrews, Ippolito Rosellini, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Willem de Vlamingh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Estêvão Gomes ranks 17. Before him are George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Michele Sanmicheli, Pedro Mascarenhas, Jón Arason, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, and Il Pordenone. After him is Franciabigio. Among people deceased in 1538, Estêvão Gomes ranks 12. Before him are Elena Glinskaya, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Askia Mohammad I, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, and Pierre Robert Olivétan. After him is Érard de la Marck.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Estêvão Gomes ranks 227 out of 555. Before him are Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510), Damião de Góis (1502), Miguel Torga (1907), António José de Almeida (1866), and Paulo Bento (1969). After him are Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), António Ferreira (1528), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Duarte Barbosa (1480), João do Canto e Castro (1862), and Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Estêvão Gomes ranks 24. Before him are Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Nuno Tristão (1500), Bento de Góis (1562), and Jorge Álvares (1401). After him are Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), and George Grey (1812).

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