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Miguel Corte-Real

1448 - 1502

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Miguel Corte-Real (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛl ˈkoɾtɨ ʁiˈal]; c. 1448 – 1502?) was a Portuguese explorer who charted about 600 miles of the coast of Labrador. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Corte-Real has received more than 143,535 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Corte-Real is the 355th most popular explorer, the 306th most popular biography from Portugal and the 35th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Miguel Corte-Real ranks 355 out of 498. Before him are Édouard-Alfred Martel, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Pascual de Andagoya, Juan Fernández, Florence Baker, and Irina Solovyova. After him are John Wesley Powell, Samuel Baker, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Georgy Sedov, Stepan Krasheninnikov, and George Bass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1448, Miguel Corte-Real ranks 5. Before him are Domenico Ghirlandaio, Alfonso II of Naples, Philip, Elector Palatine, and Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. After him is Bartolomeo della Gatta. Among people deceased in 1502, Miguel Corte-Real ranks 10. Before him are Ahuitzotl, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Francesco Laurana, Francisco de Bobadilla, Annius of Viterbo, and Dionisius. After him is Bartolomeo della Gatta.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Miguel Corte-Real ranks 306 out of 633. Before him are Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), António Ribeiro (1928), Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509), Fernão Lopes (1385), Manuel Cardoso (1566), and António Marto (1947). After him are Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Fernando Chalana (1959), António Manoel de Vilhena (1663), João Moutinho (1986), Elisa Ferreira (1955), and Florbela Espanca (1894).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Miguel Corte-Real ranks 35. Before him are Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Fernão de Loronha (1470), Bento de Góis (1562), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), and Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400). After him are Lourenço de Almeida (1480), and George Grey (1812).

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