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Nuno Tristão

1500 - 1446

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Nuno Tristão was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and slave trader, active in the early 1440s, traditionally thought to be the first European to reach the region of Guinea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuno Tristão has received more than 46,996 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nuno Tristão is the 193rd most popular explorer (up from 218th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 185th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 47k

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  • 54.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nuno Tristão ranks 193 out of 405Before him are Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Fernão do Pó, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Oscar Wisting, Henri Mouhot, and George W. De Long. After him are Daniel Boone, Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, John Rolfe, and Helmer Hanssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Nuno Tristão ranks 27Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Nuno Gonçalves, Francisco de Bobadilla, Fernão do Pó, and Tielman Susato. After him are Luis de Milán, Jan Mandijn, Ambrosius Benson, Gaspar de Lemos, Sebald Beham, and Ruy López de Villalobos. Among people deceased in 1446, Nuno Tristão ranks 6Before him are Filippo Brunelleschi, Louis, Count of Vendôme, Konrad Witz, Vittorino da Feltre, and Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais. After him is Vakhtang IV of Georgia.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Nuno Tristão ranks 177 out of 555Before him are Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952). After him are Cristóvão da Gama (1516), José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883), Paulo Futre (1966), Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104), Luís Fróis (1532), and Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157).

Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Nuno Tristão ranks 21Before him are António de Abreu (1480), Francisco Serrão (1500), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455). After him are Bento de Góis (1562), Jorge Álvares (1401), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), and Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400).