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Gaspar de Portolá

1716 - 1786

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Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (Catalan: Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira; January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaspar de Portolá has received more than 233,818 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gaspar de Portolá is the 378th most popular explorer (down from 354th in 2019), the 1,409th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,289th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gaspar de Portolá ranks 378 out of 498. Before him are Theodor von Heuglin, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Johannes Rebmann, Clements Markham, and Henri Duveyrier. After him are Carl Koldewey, Jørgen Jørgensen, García López de Cárdenas, John Marshall, Benjamin Morrell, and Vasily Chichagov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Gaspar de Portolá ranks 20. Before him are Eugenios Voulgaris, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, and Otto von Münchhausen. After him are Capability Brown, and George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. Among people deceased in 1786, Gaspar de Portolá ranks 24. Before him are Nathanael Greene, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Gustaf Lundberg, Jean-Étienne Guettard, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, and John Byron. After him are John Stanley, and William Duesbury.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gaspar de Portolá ranks 1,409 out of 3,355. Before him are Jesús Huerta de Soto (1956), Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), Conchita Martínez (1972), Paloma San Basilio (1950), Nicholas Wiseman (1802), and Rafael Gordillo (1957). After him are César Sánchez (1971), Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951), Ricardo Gallego (1959), Luis de Pablo (1930), Martín Marculeta (1907), and María de Zayas (1590).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Gaspar de Portolá ranks 52. Before him are Pedro Tafur (1410), Félix de Azara (1742), Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Pascual de Andagoya (1495), Juan Fernández (1536), and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500). After him are García López de Cárdenas (1500), Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (1494), and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1478).

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