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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba

1500 - 1517

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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko eɾˈnandeθ ðe ˈkoɾðoβa]; c. 1467 in Córdoba – 1517 in Sancti Spíritus) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were compiled. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba has received more than 6,430 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Francisco Hernández de Córdoba is the 138th most popular explorer (down from 135th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 24

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  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ranks 138 out of 405. Before him are António de Abreu, Rodrigo de Triana, Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, Frederick de Houtman, and Francisco Serrão. After him are Mikhail Lazarev, Martin Frobisher, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Emin Pasha, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and Alexander Mackenzie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ranks 21. Before him are Reginald Pole, Afanasy Nikitin, Paris Bordone, Sinan Pasha, Elizabeth Blount, and Francisco Serrão. After him are Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Nuno Gonçalves, Francisco de Bobadilla, Fernão do Pó, Tielman Susato, and Nuno Tristão. Among people deceased in 1517, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ranks 13. Before him are Gioffre Borgia, Heinrich Isaac, Dayan Khan, Tuman bay II, Cima da Conegliano, and Francesco Francia. After him are Hadım Sinan Pasha, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Yunus Pasha, Sikandar Lodi, Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples, and Ludovico di Varthema.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ranks 533 out of 2,932. Before him are Muhammad II of Granada (1235), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305), Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965), Catalina de Erauso (1592), Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828), and Pío Baroja (1872). After him are Aelia Flaccilla (356), Tulga (622), Ordoño IV of León (926), Diego, Prince of Asturias (1575), Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), and Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ranks 29. Before him are Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), João da Nova (1460), and Rodrigo de Triana (1469). After him are Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Paulo da Gama (1465), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499).

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