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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 224,472 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada is the 121st most popular explorer (up from 139th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 506th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 121 out of 405. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Thomas Cavendish, George Vancouver, Andrés de Urdaneta, Afanasy Nikitin, and Alvise Cadamosto. After him are João da Nova, Isabella Bird, Salomon August Andrée, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Himilco, and João Vaz Corte-Real.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 7. Before him are John Calvin, Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, Daniele da Volterra, Fernão Mendes Pinto, and John of Leiden. After him are Jan Matsys, Bernardino Telesio, Ippolito II d'Este, Étienne Dolet, Luis de Morales, and Leone Leoni. Among people deceased in 1579, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 5. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Diego de Landa, and Joseph Nasi. After him are Thomas Gresham, Hans Staden, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, and John Ogilvie.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 453 out of 2,932. Before him are Alfonso IV of León (890), Dulce of Aragon (1160), Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1401), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), and Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1283). After him are Hasdai Crescas (1340), José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960), João da Nova (1460), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus (1814), and Hisham III of Córdoba (975).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ranks 26. Before him are Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), and Andrés de Urdaneta (1498). After him are João da Nova (1460), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Juan de Grijalva (1480), and Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489).

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