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Pêro Vaz de Caminha

1450 - 1500

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Pêro or Pero Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450 – 15 December 1500; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ˈvaʒ ðɨ kɐˈmiɲɐ]; also spelled Pedro Vaz de Caminha) was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500 as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet (Carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha, dated 1 May 1500). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pêro Vaz de Caminha has received more than 68,617 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pêro Vaz de Caminha is the 3,700th most popular writer, the 276th most popular biography from Portugal and the 26th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 3,700 out of 7,302. Before him are Albert Aurier, Yevhen Hrebinka, Coelius Sedulius, Christiane Rochefort, David Shore, and Diana Mosley. After him are Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Gertrude Jekyll, Martynas Mažvydas, Maksym Rylsky, Lola Anglada, and Mihailo Lalić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 41. Before him are Adam Kraft, Aelbrecht Bouts, Sharif Ali, Nephon II of Constantinople, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, and Gregory III of Constantinople. After him are Marfa Boretskaya, Zidanta II, Lorenzo Cybo de Mari, Alexander II of Imereti, Carlo II Tocco, and William Warham. Among people deceased in 1500, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 15. Before him are Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Fernão do Pó, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Bartolomé Bermejo, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, and Wan Hu. After him are Álvaro Fernandes, and John Morton.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 276 out of 633. Before him are Christopher Hampton (1946), Bruno Alves (1981), Pedro Teixeira (1585), Maniche (1977), Antero de Quental (1842), and Bernardo Silva (1994). After him are Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937), Bento de Góis (1562), Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), José Augusto (1937), and Vítor Pereira (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 26. Before him are Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), António Ferreira (1528), Christopher Hampton (1946), and Antero de Quental (1842). After him are Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Florbela Espanca (1894), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), Manuel Alegre (1936), Natália Correia (1923), and Ferreira de Castro (1898).

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