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Ludovico di Varthema

1470 - 1517

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Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus (c. 1470 – 1517), was an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being one of the first non-Muslim Europeans to enter Mecca as a pilgrim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludovico di Varthema has received more than 120,676 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludovico di Varthema is the 3,247th most popular writer, the 2,721st most popular biography from Italy and the 182nd most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ludovico di Varthema ranks 3,247 out of 5,755Before him are Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Pierre Grimal, Leif G. W. Persson, William of Apulia, Henry Becque, and Şihabetdin Märcani. After him are Mikhail Kuzmin, Matthías Jochumsson, Gennadiy Aygi, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Lilian Jackson Braun, and Diane Disney Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Ludovico di Varthema ranks 22Before him are Fernando de Rojas, Vincenzo Catena, João I of Kongo, Wen Zhengming, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Marco Basaiti. After him is Polydore Vergil. Among people deceased in 1517, Ludovico di Varthema ranks 19Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Hadım Sinan Pasha, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Yunus Pasha, Sikandar Lodi, and Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ludovico di Varthema ranks 2,721 out of 4,668Before him are Primo Nebiolo (1923), Sophia of Montferrat (1399), Francesco Loredan (1685), Pietro Mennea (1952), Marco Verratti (1992), and William of Apulia (1100). After him are Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), Riccardo Fogli (1947), Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650), Marcello Piacentini (1881), Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822), and Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ludovico di Varthema ranks 182Before him are Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Ennio Flaiano (1910), Tiziano Terzani (1938), Moderata Fonte (1555), Elio Vittorini (1908), and William of Apulia (1100). After him are Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Giulio Angioni (1939), Teofilo Folengo (1491), Luciano De Crescenzo (1928), Augusto Genina (1892), and Giosafat Barbaro (1413).