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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 107,369 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Estêvão Gomes is the 202nd most popular explorer (up from 255th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 226th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 55.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Estêvão Gomes ranks 202 out of 498. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Wilhelm Filchner, James Weddell, Samuel Wallis, André Thevet, and Vasily Tatishchev. After him are Naddodd, Thekla Resvoll, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, John Ross, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Estêvão Gomes ranks 16. Before him are Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Pedro Mascarenhas, Michele Sanmicheli, Jón Arason, and Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga. After him are Il Pordenone, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, and Franciabigio. Among people deceased in 1538, Estêvão Gomes ranks 11. Before him are Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Elena Glinskaya, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, and Askia Mohammad I. After him are Saadet I Giray, Pierre Robert Olivétan, and Érard de la Marck.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Estêvão Gomes ranks 189 out of 633. Before him are Almeida Garrett (1799), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), Alexandrina of Balazar (1904), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), and Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934). After him are Tomé Pires (1468), Pedro Damiano (1480), John, Constable of Portugal (1400), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Pelagio Galvani (1165), and Alberto Festa (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Estêvão Gomes ranks 23. Before him are Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), and Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400). After him are Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Nuno Tristão (1500), Jorge Álvares (1401), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415).

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