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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; 1614), his autobiographical memoir. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernão Mendes Pinto has received more than 137,728 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernão Mendes Pinto is the 96th most popular explorer (down from 92nd in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 9th 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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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 96 out of 405Before him are Jean de Béthencourt, Diogo Dias, Heinrich Barth, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Robert FitzRoy, and Gonzalo Pizarro. After him are Willem Schouten, Ferdinand Columbus, Mary Kingsley, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Frederick Cook, and Pánfilo de Narváez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 5Before him are John Calvin, Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, and Daniele da Volterra. After him are John of Leiden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Jan Matsys, Bernardino Telesio, Ippolito II d'Este, Étienne Dolet, and Luis de Morales. Among people deceased in 1583, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 3Before him are Nurbanu Sultan and Catherine Jagiellon. After him are Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Oichi, Shibata Katsuie, Surdas, Ivan Fyodorov, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Antoinette de Bourbon, Oda Nobutaka, and Andrey Kurbsky.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 86 out of 555Before him are Joan of Portugal (1439), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), Beatrice of Portugal (1373), Maria João Pires (1944), and Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797). After him are António Lobo Antunes (1942), Luís Figo (1972), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), and Pêro da Covilhã (1450).

Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Fernão Mendes Pinto ranks 9Before him are Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), Diego Columbus (1479), and Diogo Dias (1450). After him are Pêro da Covilhã (1450), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), and António de Abreu (1480).