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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

1509 - 1579

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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (Spanish: [gonˈθalo xiˈmeneθ ðe keˈsaða]; 1509 – 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory named by him New Kingdom of Granada, and founded its capital, Santafé de Bogotá. As a well-educated lawyer he was one of the intellectuals of the Spanish conquest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada has received more than 239,521 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada is the 129th most popular explorer (down from 120th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 240k

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  • 59.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 129 out of 498. Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Jean Chardin, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Salomon August Andrée, Afanasy Nikitin, and Isabella Bird. After him are Adam Olearius, Adrien de Gerlache, Francisco Serrão, Juan de Grijalva, Vladimir Arsenyev, and João Vaz Corte-Real.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 8. Before him are Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, Daniele da Volterra, Jan Matsys, Fernão Mendes Pinto, and John of Leiden. After him are Bernardino Telesio, Luis de Morales, Étienne Dolet, Leone Leoni, Ippolito II d'Este, and Melchor Cano. Among people deceased in 1579, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 5. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Joseph Nasi, and Hans Staden. After him are Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Ferenc Dávid, Vicente Juan Masip, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, and Juan Fernández Navarrete.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 482 out of 3,355. Before him are Eleanor of Navarre (1426), Maslama al-Majriti (950), Dulce of Aragon (1160), Alonzo Cano (1601), Andrés Nin Pérez (1892), and Violant of Aragon (1236). After him are Bermudo II of León (953), Sulayman ibn al-Hakam (1000), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1403), Alfredo Kraus (1927), Bigas Luna (1946), and Al-Mundhir of Córdoba (842).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 26. Before him are Juan de la Cosa (1460), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500). After him are Juan de Grijalva (1480), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), and Paulo da Gama (1465).

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