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Gerónimo de Aguilar

1489 - 1531

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Jerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain. Aguilar was sent to Panama to serve as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerónimo de Aguilar has received more than 195,741 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerónimo de Aguilar is the 159th most popular explorer (up from 163rd in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Spain (down from 616th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Spanish Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gerónimo de Aguilar ranks 159 out of 405. Before him are Adrien de Gerlache, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Samuel Wallis, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Anthony van Diemen, and Sophie Blanchard. After him are Gil Eanes, Paulo da Gama, Pedro Mascarenhas, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Lancelotto Malocello, and Matthew Flinders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Gerónimo de Aguilar ranks 10. Before him are Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Thomas Cranmer, William Farel, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, and Charles IV, Duke of Alençon. After him are Fernando d'Ávalos, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Venier, Lorenzo Priuli, and François de Tournon. Among people deceased in 1531, Gerónimo de Aguilar ranks 6. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Louise of Savoy, Antonio Pigafetta, Hans Burgkmair, and Tilman Riemenschneider. After him are Johannes Oecolampadius, Vincenzo Catena, Pedro Arias Dávila, and Vallabha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gerónimo de Aguilar ranks 628 out of 2,932. Before him are Eleanor of Castile (1191), Inés Suárez (1507), Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817), María Zambrano (1904), José Antonio Aguirre (1904), and Jorge Manrique (1440). After him are Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Abbot Oliba (971), Paulo da Gama (1465), Ángel Nieto (1947), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), and Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Gerónimo de Aguilar ranks 32. Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), João da Nova (1460), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), and Juan de Grijalva (1480). After him are Paulo da Gama (1465), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), and Ruy López de Villalobos (1500).

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