EXPLORER

Francisco de Bobadilla

1500 - 1502

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Francisco de Bobadilla (c. 1448 – 11 July 1502) was an official under the Crown of Castile and a knight of the Order of Calatrava. He was also the nephew of Beatriz de Bobadilla, marchioness of Moya and of Peñalosa, a patron of Christopher Columbus and close friend to Queen Isabella. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco de Bobadilla has received more than 271,763 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco de Bobadilla is the 212th most popular explorer (down from 184th in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from Spain (down from 710th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 270k

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  • 54.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 212 out of 498. Before him are John Ross, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Lincoln Ellsworth, George W. De Long, and Alejandro Malaspina. After him are Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Julius Klaproth, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Carsten Borchgrevink, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, and Masabumi Hosono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 33. Before him are Elizabeth Blount, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Nuno Gonçalves, Tielman Susato, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, and Luis de Milán. After him are Sebald Beham, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Nuno Tristão, Jacob Hutter, Ambrosius Benson, and Luis de Narváez. Among people deceased in 1502, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 7. Before him are Arthur, Prince of Wales, Andreas Palaiologos, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Ahuitzotl, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, and Francesco Laurana. After him are Annius of Viterbo, Dionisius, Miguel Corte-Real, and Bartolomeo della Gatta.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 807 out of 3,355. Before him are Raimon Panikkar (1918), Mécia Lopes de Haro (1215), Narcís Monturiol (1819), Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050), Domènec Balmanya (1914), and Ana María Matute (1925). After him are Álvaro Morata (1992), Antonio de Ulloa (1716), Ismail I of Granada (1279), Nicolás de Ovando (1451), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), and Miguel Reina (1946).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 34. Before him are Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Paulo da Gama (1465), and Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489). After him are Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Rodrigo de Jerez (1350), and Juan de Garay (1528).

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