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Eusebio Kino

1645 - 1711

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Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, SJ (Italian: Eusebio Francesco Chini, Spanish: Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Territory of the Bishopric of Trent, then part of a partially German-speaking area of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. For the last 24 years of his life he worked in the region then known as the Pimería Alta, modern-day Sonora in Mexico and southern Arizona in the United States. He explored the region and worked with the indigenous Native American population, including primarily the Tohono O'Odham, Sobaipuri and other Upper Piman groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eusebio Kino has received more than 307,684 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Eusebio Kino is the 291st most popular explorer (down from 257th in 2019), the 2,797th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,573rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eusebio Kinos by language

Over the past year Eusebio Kino has had the most page views in the with 35,320 views, followed by Spanish (22,627), and Italian (3,664). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (38.96%), Bavarian (36.57%), and Danish (34.93%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Eusebio Kino ranks 291 out of 498. Before him are Otto Finsch, Freya Stark, Aleksei Chirikov, Henricus Martellus Germanus, Douglas Mawson, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia. After him are Edward Wilson, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Lourenço Marques, Semyon Chelyuskin, Louis Jolliet, and Charles Francis Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Eusebio Kino ranks 11. Before him are William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Andreas Werckmeister, and Anne Dacier. After him are Louis Jolliet, Nicolas Lemery, François de Troy, Maria de Dominici, and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin. Among people deceased in 1711, Eusebio Kino ranks 11. Before him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Louis-François de Boufflers, Maria Amalia of Courland, Vladimir Atlasov, Joseph Vaz, and Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him are Gerard de Lairesse, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, and Peter Schenk the Elder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Eusebio Kino ranks 2,797 out of 5,161. Before him are Flavia Domitilla (null), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268), Anselm, Duke of Friuli (720), Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress (1252), and Appius Claudius Pulcher (-97). After him are Antonio Bacci (1885), Bruno Giacomelli (1952), Gaius Fabricius Luscinus (-250), Alessandro Fortis (1842), Tommaso Tittoni (1855), and Francesco Loredan (1685).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Eusebio Kino ranks 16. Before him are Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Alejandro Malaspina (1754), Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385), and Ippolito Rosellini (1800). After him are Teoberto Maler (1842).

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