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Fernão Mendes Pinto

1509 - 1583

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Fernão Mendes Pinto (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w ˈmẽdɨʃ ˈpĩtu]; c. 1509 – 8 July 1583) was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His voyages are recorded in Pilgrimage (Portuguese: Peregrinação), his autobiographical memoir, which was published posthumously in 1614. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernão Mendes Pinto has received more than 149,504 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Fernão Mendes Pinto is the 111th most popular explorer (down from 95th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 86th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Fernão Mendes Pinto was a Portuguese explorer who traveled the world in the 16th century. He is most famous for his account of his travels to India, which he published in 1614.

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  • 60.61

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 111 out of 498. Before him are Mary Kingsley, Thomas Cavendish, João Gonçalves Zarco, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Semyon Dezhnev, and Bernal Díaz del Castillo. After him are Sacagawea, George Vancouver, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Pánfilo de Narváez, Heinrich Barth, and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 6. Before him are John Calvin, Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, Daniele da Volterra, and Jan Matsys. After him are John of Leiden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Bernardino Telesio, Luis de Morales, Étienne Dolet, and Leone Leoni. Among people deceased in 1583, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 3. Before him are Nurbanu Sultan, and Catherine Jagiellon. After him are Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Oichi, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Shibata Katsuie, Ivan Fyodorov, Surdas, Oda Nobutaka, Pirro Ligorio, and Andrey Kurbsky.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 97 out of 633. Before him are Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Rui Costa (1972), Luís Figo (1972), Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), and Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510). After him are Isabel of Coimbra (1432), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Pedro Nunes (1502), Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), and Joseph Nasi (1524).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 11. Before him are Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), and João Gonçalves Zarco (1390). After him are Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Francisco Serrão (1500), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), Gil Eanes (null), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), and Pedro Mascarenhas (1484).

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