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Juan de Grijalva

1480 - 1527

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Juan de Grijalva (Spanish: [xwan de ɣɾiˈxalβa]; c. 1490 – 21 January 1527) was a Spanish conquistador, and a relative of Diego Velázquez.: 27  He went to Hispaniola in 1508 and to Cuba in 1511. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan de Grijalva has received more than 140,001 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Juan de Grijalva is the 133rd most popular explorer (up from 151st in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Spain (up from 596th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 140k

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  • 64.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de Grijalva ranks 133 out of 498. Before him are Afanasy Nikitin, Isabella Bird, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Adam Olearius, Adrien de Gerlache, and Francisco Serrão. After him are Vladimir Arsenyev, João Vaz Corte-Real, Gil Eanes, Frederick Cook, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, and Andrés de Urdaneta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Juan de Grijalva ranks 20. Before him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Marcantonio Raimondi, Salaì, Jean Clouet, and Matrakçı Nasuh. After him are Stańczyk, Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Herri met de Bles, and António de Abreu. Among people deceased in 1527, Juan de Grijalva ranks 4. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, and Diego Columbus. After him are Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Johann Froben, Felix Manz, and Catherine of York.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Grijalva ranks 501 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus (1814), Tulga (622), Santiago Carrillo (1915), Salvador Puig Antich (1948), Lorenzo Sanz (1943), and García Ramírez of Navarre (1110). After him are Joaquín Turina (1882), Theudigisel (500), Beatrice of Castile (1293), Hisham III of Córdoba (975), Diego de Landa (1524), and Antonio Tejero (1932).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan de Grijalva ranks 27. Before him are Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509). After him are Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Paulo da Gama (1465), and Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489).

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