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Félix de Azara

1742 - 1821

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Félix Manuel de Azara y Perera (18 May 1746 – 20 October 1821) was a Spanish military officer, naturalist, and engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix de Azara has received more than 55,782 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Félix de Azara is the 334th most popular explorer (down from 319th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,154th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 56k

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  • 50.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Félix de Azara ranks 334 out of 498. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd, Friedrich Welwitsch, Louis de Freycinet, Pyotr Beketov, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and John C. Frémont. After him are Philip Carteret, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Álvaro Fernandes, and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Félix de Azara ranks 22. Before him are Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, Nathanael Greene, Pōmare I, Johan Herman Wessel, Anders Jahan Retzius, and Joseph Brant. After him are David Bushnell, James Wilson, Alexander Ablesimov, William Hooper, and Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Among people deceased in 1821, Félix de Azara ranks 27. Before him are Heinrich Kuhl, Fulgencio Yegros, Anders Jahan Retzius, Constance Mayer, Pōmare II, and Elizabeth Ann Seton. After him are Martín Miguel de Güemes, Georg Friedrich von Martens, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Carlo Porta, Marie-Louise Lachapelle, and John Hunter.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Félix de Azara ranks 1,236 out of 3,355. Before him are Marcos Alonso (1959), Paco Tous (1964), Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros (1756), Francisco Cepeda (1906), Nacho Vidal (1973), and Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas (1859). After him are Míchel (1975), Diego López (1981), Pau Gasol (1980), José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781), Ramón Encinas (1893), and Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Félix de Azara ranks 47. Before him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), João da Nova (1460), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), Francisco de Ulloa (1501), and Pedro Tafur (1410). After him are Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Pascual de Andagoya (1495), Juan Fernández (1536), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), Gaspar de Portolá (1716), and García López de Cárdenas (1500).

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