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Francisco López de Gómara

1511 - 1566

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Francisco López de Gómara (February 2, 1511 – c. 1566) was a Spanish historian who worked in Seville, particularly noted for his works in which he described the early 16th century expedition undertaken by Hernán Cortés in the Spanish conquest of the New World. Although Gómara himself did not accompany Cortés, and had in fact never been to the Americas, he had firsthand access to Cortés and others of the returning conquistadores as the sources of his account. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco López de Gómara has received more than 88,306 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco López de Gómara is the 269th most popular historian, the 1,079th most popular biography from Spain and the 4th most popular Spanish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 269 out of 561. Before him are Christopher Hill, Thomas the Archdeacon, George Buchanan, Émile Mâle, Bernard Desclot, and Yitzhak Arad. After him are Juan de Mariana, Malchus, Al-Nuwayri, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Zuo Qiuming, and Muhammad Aufi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 10. Before him are Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, Erasmus Reinhold, Juan Pizarro, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu. After him are Nicola Vicentino, and Pierre Viret. Among people deceased in 1566, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 17. Before him are Margaret Paleologa, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Taddeo Zuccari, Lambert Lombard, Guillaume Rondelet, and Johannes Agricola. After him are Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, David Rizzio, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 1,079 out of 3,355. Before him are Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily (1343), Alberto Iglesias (1955), Josep Seguer (1923), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Ramón Chao (1935), and Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515). After him are Juan de Mariana (1536), Jorge Oteiza (1908), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Fernando Savater (1947), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), and Jesús Garay (1930).

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Among HISTORIANS In Spain

Among historians born in Spain, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 4. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213), and Ibn Hayyan (987). After him are Juan de Mariana (1536), Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), and Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512).

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