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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 31,899 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Nikolai Spathari is the 264th most popular explorer (down from 262nd in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Romania (down from 196th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nikolai Spathari ranks 264 out of 405. Before him are Eusebio Kino, Roy Chapman Andrews, Ippolito Rosellini, Ludwig Leichhardt, Willem de Vlamingh, and William Clark. After him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Aleksei Chirikov, Richard Chancellor, Juan Fernández, Grigory Shelikhov, and Helge Ingstad.

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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, Edward Colston, and Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. After him are Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, Gregório de Matos, and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1708, Nikolai Spathari ranks 16. Before him are Ludolf Bakhuizen, John Blow, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Anne Jules de Noailles, and Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau. After him are Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, François de Laval, and David Gregory.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nikolai Spathari ranks 212 out of 665. Before him are Ion Ghica (1816), Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Nicolae Rădescu (1874), Adrian Mutu (1979), Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860), and Michael von Melas (1729). After him are Endre Kabos (1906), Ioan Slavici (1848), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), Sebastian Stan (1982), Alexander Vencel (1944), and Matei Basarab (1580).

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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 Sámuel Teleki (1845).

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