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Gaspar Corte-Real

1450 - 1501

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Gaspar Corte-Real (1450–1501) was a Portuguese explorer who, alongside his father João Vaz Corte-Real and brother Miguel, participated in various exploratory voyages sponsored by the Portuguese Crown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaspar Corte-Real has received more than 204,704 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gaspar Corte-Real is the 172nd most popular explorer (down from 146th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 136th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 200k

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  • 56.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 172 out of 498. Before him are Luís Vaz de Torres, Niccolò de' Conti, James Bruce, Lancelotto Malocello, Henri Mouhot, and Paulo da Gama. After him are António de Abreu, Simon Fraser, John Sutter, Anthony van Diemen, Jacob van Heemskerck, and John Rolfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 25. Before him are Juan de Flandes, Francesco Francia, Ibrahim Lodi, Pêro da Covilhã, Basarab II of Wallachia, and Pedro Berruguete. After him are Piero Soderini, Bartolomeo Montagna, Ercole de' Roberti, Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara, Marin Barleti, and John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne. Among people deceased in 1501, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 4. Before him are Ali-Shir Nava'i, John I Albert, and Agostino Barbarigo. After him are Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, Mesih Pasha, Constantine Lascaris, Pero Escobar, Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Margaret of Thuringia, and Konstantin Mihailović.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 157 out of 633. Before him are Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Américo Lopes (1933), Paula Rego (1935), Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952), Álvaro Cunhal (1913), and José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883). After him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), Humberto Delgado (1906), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), António de Abreu (1480), João de Barros (1496), and Paulo Futre (1966).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 19. Before him are Francisco Serrão (1500), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), Gil Eanes (null), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455). After him are António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), and Nuno Tristão (1500).

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