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Giovanni Battista Ramusio

1485 - 1557

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Giovanni Battista Ramusio (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista raˈmuːzjo]; July 20, 1485 – July 10, 1557) was an Italian geographer and travel writer. Born in Treviso, Italy, at that time in the Republic of Venice, Ramusio was the son of Paolo Ramusio, a magistrate of the Venetian city-state. In 1505 young Giovanni took a position as secretary to Aloisio Mocenigo, of the patrician Mocenigo family, then serving as the Republic's ambassador to France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Ramusio has received more than 68,097 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Ramusio is the 51st most popular geographer (up from 52nd in 2019), the 2,820th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,744th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Geographer.

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  • 52.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 51 out of 86. Before him are Marie Tharp, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, Jan Janssonius, Yi-Fu Tuan, Inō Tadataka, and Richard Hartshorne. After him are Arnold Henry Guyot, Pedro Reinel, Hans Meyer, Yves Lacoste, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and Guillaume Delisle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 16. Before him are Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, Wolf Huber, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, and Beatus Rhenanus. After him are Urs Graf, Hugh Latimer, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino. Among people deceased in 1557, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 20. Before him are Galvarino, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Mohammed al-Shaykh, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Söyembikä of Kazan, and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés. After him is Kamran Mirza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 2,820 out of 5,161. Before him are Roberto De Zerbi (1979), Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504), Franciabigio (1484), Federico Lombardi (1942), Jacopo Sadoleto (1477), and Gianfranco Parolini (1930). After him are Carlo Rambaldi (1925), Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (-100), Maria Caterina Brignole (1737), Carlo Rossi (1775), Renato Castellani (1913), and Gianfranco Ravasi (1942).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Italy

Among geographers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 3. Before him are Fra Mauro (1385), and Vincenzo Coronelli (1650).

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