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Lancelotto Malocello

1270 - 1336

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Lancelotto Malocello (Italian pronunciation: [lantʃeˈlɔtto maloˈtʃɛllo]) (Latin: Lanzarotus Marocelus; French: Lancelot Maloisel; fl. 1312) was an Italian navigator, citizen of the Republic of Genoa, who gave his name to the island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lancelotto Malocello has received more than 61,525 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lancelotto Malocello is the 169th most popular explorer (down from 163rd in 2019), the 1,906th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,829th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Lancelotto Malocello ranks 169 out of 498Before him are St John Philby, Ruy López de Villalobos, Gustav Nachtigal, Luís Vaz de Torres, Niccolò de' Conti, and James Bruce. After him are Henri Mouhot, Paulo da Gama, Gaspar Corte-Real, António de Abreu, Simon Fraser, and John Sutter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1270, Lancelotto Malocello ranks 8Before him are Charles, Count of Valois, Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Haakon V of Norway, Namdev, Theodore Metochites, and Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany. After him are Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria, Juliana Falconieri, Cino da Pistoia, Nicholas of Lyra, and Thoros III, King of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1336, Lancelotto Malocello ranks 7Before him are Elizabeth of Portugal, Alfonso IV of Aragon, Emperor Go-Fushimi, Kusunoki Masashige, John, Duke of Durazzo, and Ramon Muntaner. After him are Arpa Ke'un, Cino da Pistoia, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, and Edward I, Count of Bar.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lancelotto Malocello ranks 1,906 out of 5,161Before him are Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), Iva Zanicchi (1940), Agostino Steffani (1654), Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (-163), Virginia de' Medici (1568), and Bruno Conti (1955). After him are Valerio Zurlini (1926), Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria (1772), Arnaldo Forlani (1925), Irene of Montferrat (1274), Caecilius Statius (-230), and Maria Salviati (1499).

Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Lancelotto Malocello ranks 12Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), and Niccolò de' Conti (1395). After him are Alejandro Malaspina (1754), Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385), Ippolito Rosellini (1800), Eusebio Kino (1645), and Teoberto Maler (1842).