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Jorge Álvares

1401 - 1521

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Jorge Álvares (died 8 July 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He is credited as the first European to have reached China by sea during the Age of Discovery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Álvares has received more than 136,481 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jorge Álvares is the 232nd most popular explorer (up from 240th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Portugal and the 26th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jorge Álvares ranks 232 out of 498. Before him are Julius Popper, Francisco de Montejo, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Diego de Almagro II, Nicolas Baudin, and Francisco Moreno. After him are Yerofey Khabarov, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Wulfstan of Hedeby, Jan Czerski, Pedro Cieza de León, and Yuri Lisyansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, Jorge Álvares ranks 15. Before him are Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Stephen Zápolya, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Koca Davud Pasha, George Sphrantzes, and Mesih Pasha. After him are Pero Escobar, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, and Henricus Martellus Germanus. Among people deceased in 1521, Jorge Álvares ranks 13. Before him are Sebastian Brant, Christina of Saxony, Leonardo Loredan, Francisco Serrão, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, and Raffaele Riario. After him are Tamás Bakócz, Neagoe Basarab, Duarte Barbosa, Al-Mustamsik, John II, Duke of Cleves, and Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Jorge Álvares ranks 213 out of 633. Before him are John de Britto (1647), Nani (1986), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon (1328), Nuno Tristão (1500), Pauleta (1973), and Fernando II, Duke of Braganza (1430). After him are Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Humberto Coelho (1950), Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), and João Cancelo (1994).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Jorge Álvares ranks 26. Before him are António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), and Nuno Tristão (1500). After him are Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Fernão de Loronha (1470), Bento de Góis (1562), and Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500).

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