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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

1182 - 1252

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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He was the author of the earliest important Western account of northern and Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and other regions of the Mongol dominion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine has received more than 263,038 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Giovanni da Pian del Carpine is the 33rd most popular explorer (up from 34th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Montenegro and the most popular Montenegrin Explorer.

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine is most famous for being the first European to visit Mongolia.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 33 out of 498. Before him are Thor Heyerdahl, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Martin Behaim, Jan van Riebeeck, Pytheas, and John Cabot. After him are Evliya Çelebi, Henry Morton Stanley, Ingólfr Arnarson, Juan Ponce de León, Francisco de Orellana, and Thorfinn Karlsefni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1182, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 2. Before him is Francis of Assisi. After him are Alexios I of Trebizond, Alexios IV Angelos, Accursius, Maria of Montpellier, Haakon III of Norway, Lutgardis, Minamoto no Yoriie, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, Sakya Pandita, and Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay. Among people deceased in 1252, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 2. Before him is Blanche of Castile. After him are Abel, King of Denmark, Ferdinand III of Castile, Sorghaghtani Beki, Peter of Verona, Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Rose of Viterbo, Bohemond V of Antioch, Qara Hülegü, and Zdislava Berka.

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In Montenegro

Among people born in Montenegro, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 3 out of 142. Before him are Radovan Karadžić (1945), and Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888). After him are Stefan Nemanja (1113), Elena of Montenegro (1871), Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841), Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813), Milovan Đilas (1911), Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864), Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1459), Milena Vukotić (1848), and Princess Milica of Montenegro (1866).

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Among EXPLORERS In Montenegro

Among explorers born in Montenegro, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 1. 

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