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João Vaz Corte-Real

1420 - 1496

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João Vaz Corte-Real (c. 1420 – 1496) was a Portuguese sailor, claimed by some accounts to have been an explorer of a land called Terra Nova do Bacalhau (New Land of the Codfish), speculated to possibly have been a part of North America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Vaz Corte-Real has received more than 97,139 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. João Vaz Corte-Real is the 127th most popular explorer (up from 131st in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 117th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 58.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 127 out of 405. Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, João da Nova, Isabella Bird, Salomon August Andrée, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, and Himilco. After him are Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Jean Chardin, António de Abreu, and Rodrigo de Triana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 8. Before him are Jean Fouquet, Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea del Castagno, George of Poděbrady, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, and Sesshū Tōyō. After him are Abdal-Latif Mirza, Agostino Barbarigo, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Nicolas Jenson, Luciano Laurana, and Niccolò Antonio Colantonio. Among people deceased in 1496, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 5. Before him are Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Ferdinand II of Naples, and Sigismund, Archduke of Austria. After him are Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Piero del Pollaiolo, Qaitbay, Ercole de' Roberti, and Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 122 out of 555. Before him are Afonso, Prince of Portugal (1475), Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), António Ramalho Eanes (1935), and Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521). After him are António de Abreu (1480), Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Teófilo Braga (1843), and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 14. Before him are Diogo Dias (1450), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Tristão da Cunha (1460), and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565). After him are António de Abreu (1480), Francisco Serrão (1500), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455).

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