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Gaspar de Lemos

1500 - 1600

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Gaspar de Lemos (15th century) was a Portuguese explorer and captain of the supply ship of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet that arrived to Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaspar de Lemos has received more than 40,625 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gaspar de Lemos is the 156th most popular explorer (up from 207th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gaspar de Lemos ranks 156 out of 498Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Pêro da Covilhã, Pedro Mascarenhas, Rodrigo de Triana, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and Gan Ying. After him are Alexandrine Tinné, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, and Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Gaspar de Lemos ranks 23Before him are Afanasy Nikitin, Reginald Pole, Francisco Serrão, Paris Bordone, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, and Margarita Luti. After him are Ruy López de Villalobos, Jan Mandijn, Fernão do Pó, Elizabeth Blount, Muhammad XIII of Granada, and Nuno Gonçalves. Among people deceased in 1600, Gaspar de Lemos ranks 10Before him are Enrique of Malacca, Catharina van Hemessen, Bâkî, Konishi Yukinaga, José de Acosta, and Luis de Molina. After him are Hosokawa Gracia, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Balthasar Russow, and Margrave Andrew of Burgau.

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