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Jens Munk

1579 - 1628

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Jens Eriksen Munk (3 June 1579 – 24 June 1628) was a Danish-Norwegian navigator and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Munk has received more than 95,794 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jens Munk is the 258th most popular explorer (up from 285th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Norway (up from 181st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 96k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jens Munk ranks 258 out of 498. Before him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Snorri Thorfinnsson, Carl Anton Larsen, Hjalmar Johansen, William Smith, and Pierre Poivre. After him are Carl Peters, Oscar Wisting, Francis Garnier, Jim Bridger, Anthony Jenkinson, and Willem de Vlamingh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Jens Munk ranks 8. Before him are Martin de Porres, Tokugawa Hidetada, Frans Snyders, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, and Carlo Saraceni. After him are John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Johannes Meursius, Luis Vélez de Guevara, and Chimalpahin. Among people deceased in 1628, Jens Munk ranks 10. Before him are Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francesc Ribalta, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Rudolph Goclenius, Magdalene of Bavaria, and John Bull. After him is Nicolas Trigault.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jens Munk ranks 179 out of 1,039. Before him are Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862), and Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836). After him are Oscar Wisting (1871), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Lars Korvald (1916), Niels Juel (1629), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), and Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Jens Munk ranks 13. Before him are Naddodd (900), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), and Hjalmar Johansen (1867). After him are Oscar Wisting (1871), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Helge Ingstad (1899), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Grímur Kamban (801), and Knut Haugland (1917).

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