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Ferdinand Columbus

1488 - 1539

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Ferdinand Columbus (Spanish: Fernando or Hernando Colón; Portuguese: Fernando Colombo; Italian: Fernando Colombo; 15 August 1488 – 12 July 1539) was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Columbus has received more than 524,037 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ferdinand Columbus is the 98th most popular explorer (down from 97th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Spain (down from 326th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 520k

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  • 60.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ferdinand Columbus ranks 98 out of 498. Before him are Bjarni Herjólfsson, Robert FitzRoy, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Carsten Niebuhr, Martín Alonso Pinzón, and Calamity Jane. After him are Gonzalo Pizarro, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Bartholomew Columbus, Enrique of Malacca, Juan de la Cosa, and Michael Rockefeller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Ferdinand Columbus ranks 10. Before him are Ulrich von Hutten, Germaine of Foix, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Sebastian Münster, and Joseph Karo. After him are Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Johannes Magnus, Jan Tarnowski, Otto Brunfels, Heinrich Glarean, and Alonso Berruguete. Among people deceased in 1539, Ferdinand Columbus ranks 5. Before him are Isabella of Portugal, Guru Nanak, Isabella d'Este, and Ayas Mehmed Pasha. After him are George, Duke of Saxony, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ayşe Hatun, John III, Duke of Cleves, Pierre Gringore, Elizabeth Blount, and Ottaviano Petrucci.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ferdinand Columbus ranks 361 out of 3,355. Before him are Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), José Sanjurjo (1872), Joseph Karo (1488), and Fernando Arrabal (1932). After him are Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Juana Enríquez (1425), José María Aznar (1953), Fernando Torres (1984), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), and Ramiro I of Aragon (1008).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Ferdinand Columbus ranks 18. Before him are Lope de Aguirre (1518), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), and Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441). After him are Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), and Pedro de Mendoza (1487).

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