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Nikolai Spathari

1636 - 1708

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Nikolai Spathari (Russian: Николай Гаврилович Спафарий, romanized: Nikolai Gavrilovich Spathari; 1636–1708), also known as Nicolae Milescu and Nicolae Milescu Spătaru (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e miˈlesku spəˈtaru], first name also Neculai, signing in Latin as Nicolaus Spadarius Moldavo-Laco, Russian: Николае Гаврилович Милеску, romanized: Nikolaye Gavrilovich Milesku), or Spătarul Milescu-Cârnu (trans.: "Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed"), was a Moldavian-born writer, diplomat and traveler, who lived and worked in the Tsardom of Russia. He spoke nine languages: Romanian, Russian, Latin, both Attic and Modern Greek, French, German, Turkish and Swedish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Spathari has received more than 34,192 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nikolai Spathari is the 276th most popular explorer (down from 263rd in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Romania (down from 212th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nikolai Spathari ranks 276 out of 498. Before him are Juan Pizarro, Vladimir Atlasov, Humphrey Gilbert, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Georg August Wallin, and Karl Weyprecht. After him are João da Nova, Richard Chancellor, João Fernandes Lavrador, Annie Londonderry, Adolf Lüderitz, and Charles Wilkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Nikolai Spathari ranks 11. Before him are Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Libéral Bruant, and Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. After him are Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, Edward Colston, Gregório de Matos, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, and Justine Siegemund. Among people deceased in 1708, Nikolai Spathari ranks 17. Before him are John Blow, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Anne Jules de Noailles, and Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau. After him are François de Laval, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and David Gregory.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nikolai Spathari ranks 217 out of 844. Before him are Tudor Arghezi (1880), Patriarch Daniel of Romania (1951), Olha Kobylianska (1863), Josef Posipal (1927), Júlia Várady (1941), and Angela Gheorghiu (1965). After him are Marcel Iureș (1951), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), Radu Vasile (1942), Isidor Kaufmann (1853), Maria Tănase (1913), and Ion Ghica (1816).

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Among EXPLORERS In Romania

Among explorers born in Romania, Nikolai Spathari ranks 2. Before him are Julius Popper (1857). After him are Florence Baker (1841), and Sámuel Teleki (1845).

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