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Juan de la Cosa

1460 - 1510

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan de la Cosa has received more than 232,142 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Juan de la Cosa is the 103rd most popular explorer (up from 109th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Spain (up from 378th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer who is most famous for the map he created of the New World.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Juan de la Cosa has had the most page views in the with 48,852 views, followed by English (25,557), and French (3,575). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (71.54%), Wu Chinese (19.42%), and Danish (12.44%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de la Cosa ranks 103 out of 498. Before him are Calamity Jane, Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Bartholomew Columbus, and Enrique of Malacca. After him are Michael Rockefeller, Mary Kingsley, Thomas Cavendish, João Gonçalves Zarco, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Semyon Dezhnev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Juan de la Cosa ranks 10. Before him are Johann Tetzel, Tristão da Cunha, Lorenzo Costa, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, and Andrea Solari. After him are Konstanty Ostrogski, Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, Judah Leon Abravanel, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, and Pierre de la Rue. Among people deceased in 1510, Juan de la Cosa ranks 7. Before him are Sandro Botticelli, Giorgione, Muhammad Shaybani, Bianca Maria Sforza, Catherine Cornaro, and Francisco de Almeida. After him are Mihnea cel Rău, Giovanni Sforza, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Catherine of Genoa, and Mandukhai.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de la Cosa ranks 369 out of 3,355. Before him are Juana Enríquez (1425), José María Aznar (1953), Fernando Torres (1984), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), and Achila II (695). After him are Francisco Ferrer (1859), Ordoño II of León (873), Erwig (642), David Villa (1981), Fernando Hierro (1968), and Rosalía de Castro (1837).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan de la Cosa ranks 20. Before him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), and Gonzalo Pizarro (1510). After 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).

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