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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 141,195 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fra Mauro is the 25th most popular geographer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 1,276th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Geographer.

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

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Fra Mauro ranks 25 out of 67. Before him are Ibn Jubayr, Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, James Lovelock, Georg Joachim Rheticus, and Al-Bakri. After him are William Morris Davis, Sebastian Münster, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Marinus of Tyre, Nicolas Sanson, and Albrecht Penck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1385, Fra Mauro ranks 1. After him are John I, Duke of Alençon, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Isidore of Kiev, Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, 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, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, John Fastolf, Gregory III of Constantinople, and Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fra Mauro ranks 1,276 out of 4,668. Before him are Brunetto Latini (1220), Cecilia Gallerani (1473), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), Arnold of Brescia (1100), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), and Mathilde Bonaparte (1820). After him are Julia Flavia (64), Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (1804), Giovanni Segantini (1858), Saverio Mercadante (1795), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), and Cristofano Allori (1577).

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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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