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Fra Mauro

1385 - 1459

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Fra Mauro, O.S.B. Cam., (c.1400–1464) was an Italian (Venetian) cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice. He created the most detailed and accurate map of the world up until that time, the Fra Mauro map. Mauro was a monk of the Camaldolese Monastery of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fra Mauro has received more than 151,771 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Fra Mauro is the 27th most popular geographer (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,465th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,273rd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Geographer.

Fra Mauro is most famous for his map of the world, which was created in 1459.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Fra Mauro ranks 27 out of 86. Before him are Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, Al-Bakri, Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, and Zakariya al-Qazwini. After him are William Morris Davis, Nicolas Sanson, Willem Blaeu, Albrecht Penck, Marinus of Tyre, and Abu Sa'id Gardezi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1385, Fra Mauro ranks 1. After him are Tvrtko II of Bosnia, John I, Duke of Alençon, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Isidore of Kiev, Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Paul von Rusdorf, and Fernão Lopes. Among people deceased in 1459, Fra Mauro ranks 3. Before him are Eric of Pomerania, and Poggio Bracciolini. After him are Ausiàs March, Antoninus of Florence, John Fastolf, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Gregory III of Constantinople, and James of Portugal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fra Mauro ranks 1,465 out of 5,161. Before him are Drusus Caesar (7), Cima da Conegliano (1459), Simon of Sicily (1093), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Giulio Clovio (1498), and Giovanni Bottesini (1821). After him are Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (1569), Anita Pallenberg (1942), Bianca Maria Visconti (1425), Eugenia of Rome (180), Ugolino della Gherardesca (1220), and Primo Carnera (1906).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Italy

Among geographers born in Italy, Fra Mauro ranks 1. After him are Vincenzo Coronelli (1650), and Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485).

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