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Francisco Serrão

1500 - 1521

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Francisco Serrão (died 1521) was a Portuguese explorer and a possible cousin of Ferdinand Magellan. His 1512 voyage was the first known European sailing east past Malacca through modern Indonesia and the East Indies. He became a confidant of Sultan Bayan Sirrullah, the ruler of Ternate, becoming his personal advisor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Serrão has received more than 89,221 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Serrão is the 137th most popular explorer (up from 140th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 125th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 89k

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  • 57.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco Serrão ranks 137 out of 405. Before him are Jean Chardin, António de Abreu, Rodrigo de Triana, Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, and Frederick de Houtman. After him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Mikhail Lazarev, Martin Frobisher, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Emin Pasha, and Sebastián de Belalcázar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Francisco Serrão ranks 20. Before him are Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Reginald Pole, Afanasy Nikitin, Paris Bordone, Sinan Pasha, and Elizabeth Blount. After him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Nuno Gonçalves, Francisco de Bobadilla, Fernão do Pó, and Tielman Susato. Among people deceased in 1521, Francisco Serrão ranks 11. Before him are Juan Ponce de León, Zhengde Emperor, Sebastian Brant, Christina of Saxony, Leonardo Loredan, and Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon. After him are Raffaele Riario, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Jorge Álvares, Tamás Bakócz, Neagoe Basarab, and Duarte Barbosa.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Francisco Serrão ranks 132 out of 555. Before him are Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Teófilo Braga (1843), Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843), Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1040), Gil Vicente (1465), and Américo Tomás (1894). After him are Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360), Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon (1328), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Artur Jorge (1946), and Beatrice of Silva (1424).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Francisco Serrão ranks 16. Before 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). After him are Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Nuno Tristão (1500), and Bento de Góis (1562).

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