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João da Nova

1460 - 1509

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João da Nova (Galician: Xoán de Novoa, Joam de Nôvoa; Spanish: Juan de Nova; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w dɐ ˈnɔvɐ]; c. 1460 in Maceda, Ourense, Galicia, Spain – July 16, 1509, in Kochi, India) was a Galician-born explorer in the service of Portugal. He is credited as the discoverer of Ascension and Saint Helena islands. The Juan de Nova Island, in the Mozambique Channel, is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João da Nova has received more than 91,209 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). João da Nova is the 122nd most popular explorer (down from 120th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Spain (down from 416th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, João da Nova ranks 122 out of 405. Before him are Thomas Cavendish, George Vancouver, Andrés de Urdaneta, Afanasy Nikitin, Alvise Cadamosto, and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After him are Isabella Bird, Salomon August Andrée, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Himilco, João Vaz Corte-Real, and Isabelle Eberhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, João da Nova ranks 16. Before him are Lorenzo Costa, Jacopo de' Barbari, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Andrea Solari, Tilman Riemenschneider, and Konstanty Ostrogski. After him are Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Johannes Widmann, Svante Nilsson, and Johann Froben. Among people deceased in 1509, João da Nova ranks 5. Before him are Henry VII of England, Caterina Sforza, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and Bernt Notke. After him are Shen Zhou, Adam Kraft, and John I, Count Palatine of Simmern.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, João da Nova ranks 456 out of 2,932. Before him are Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1401), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1283), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), Hasdai Crescas (1340), and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960). After him are Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus (1814), Hisham III of Córdoba (975), Amancio Amaro (1939), Andrés Nin Pérez (1892), and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, João da Nova ranks 27. Before him are Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509). After him are Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), and Paulo da Gama (1465).

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