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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

1499 - 1543

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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1497 – January 3, 1543) was an Iberian maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo has received more than 805,778 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is the 187th most popular explorer (down from 169th in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from Spain (down from 643rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ranks 187 out of 405Before him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Hjalmar Johansen, Naddodd, Don Walsh, Francisco de Bobadilla, and Jimmie Angel. After him are Fernão do Pó, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Oscar Wisting, Henri Mouhot, George W. De Long, and Nuno Tristão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ranks 13Before him are Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, and Maria Salviati. After him are Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Laurentius Petri, Garcia de Orta, and Gjon Buzuku. Among people deceased in 1543, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ranks 10Before him are Afonso I of Kongo, Al-Mutawakkil III, Johann Eck, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Maria Salviati. After him are Francesco Canova da Milano, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Melchior Hoffman, Sebastian Franck, and Francesco Granacci.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ranks 711 out of 2,932Before him are Kiti Mánver (1953), Miguel Delibes (1920), Aznar Galíndez I (800), Rossy de Palma (1964), Muhammad IV of Granada (1315), and Francisco de Bobadilla (1500). After him are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825), Isidro Lángara (1912), José Zorrilla (1817), Baldomero Espartero (1793), Sunyer, Count of Barcelona (900), and Muniadona of Castile (995).

Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ranks 35Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Paulo da Gama (1465), and Francisco de Bobadilla (1500). After him are Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), and Juan de Garay (1528).