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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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nuno Tristão is the 222nd most popular explorer (down from 192nd in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 177th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nuno Tristãos by language

Over the past year Nuno Tristão has had the most page views in the with 6,605 views, followed by Portuguese (2,969), and French (2,443). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (55.34%), Azerbaijani (29.59%), and Catalan (20.35%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nuno Tristão ranks 222 out of 498. Before him are Carsten Borchgrevink, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Masabumi Hosono, Daniel Boone, Jedediah Smith, and Ma Huan. After him are Joshua Slocum, Dinis Dias, Pedro Arias Dávila, Julius Popper, Francisco de Montejo, and Rodrigo de Bastidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Nuno Tristão ranks 36. Before him are Tielman Susato, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Luis de Milán, Francisco de Bobadilla, Sebald Beham, and Jan Sanders van Hemessen. After him are Jacob Hutter, Ambrosius Benson, Luis de Narváez, Rum Mehmed Pasha, Georg Pencz, and Robert de Nola. Among people deceased in 1446, Nuno Tristão ranks 6. Before him are Louis, Count of Vendôme, Vittorino da Feltre, Antipope Clement VIII, Konrad Witz, 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 210 out of 633. Before him are Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), Nuno Gomes (1976), John de Britto (1647), Nani (1986), and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon (1328). After him are Pauleta (1973), Fernando II, Duke of Braganza (1430), Jorge Álvares (1401), Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), and Humberto Coelho (1950).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Nuno Tristão ranks 25. Before him are Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Estêvão Gomes (1484), and Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460). After him are Jorge Álvares (1401), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Fernão de Loronha (1470), and Bento de Góis (1562).

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