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Pedro Arias Dávila

1443 - 1531

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Pedro Arias de Ávila (1440 – 6 March 1531; often Pedro Arias Dávila) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the New World. There, he served as governor of Panama (1514–1526) and Nicaragua (1527–1531), and founded Panama City (1519). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Arias Dávila has received more than 113,793 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Arias Dávila is the 226th most popular explorer (down from 193rd in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from Spain (down from 729th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Arias Dávila ranks 226 out of 405. Before him are Wulfstan of Hedeby, Lady Hester Stanhope, Julius Popper, Niccolò de' Conti, Nikolaus Federmann, and Thorvald Asvaldsson. After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas, Douglas Mawson, Dinis Dias, Juan de Garay, Alexandrine Tinné, and Edward Bransfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1443, Pedro Arias Dávila ranks 11. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Rodolphus Agricola, Girolamo Riario, Askia Mohammad I, Magdalena of France, and Piero del Pollaiolo. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and Edmund, Earl of Rutland. Among people deceased in 1531, Pedro Arias Dávila ranks 9. Before him are Antonio Pigafetta, Hans Burgkmair, Tilman Riemenschneider, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Johannes Oecolampadius, and Vincenzo Catena. After him is Vallabha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Arias Dávila ranks 830 out of 2,932. Before him are Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (-100), Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily (1343), Lorenzo Fernández (1900), Ramón Calderón (1951), Muhammad III of Córdoba (976), and Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (1454). After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Juan de Valdés (1505), Luis Fernández (1959), Francisco Ayala (1906), García Jiménez of Pamplona (800), and Juan Ruiz (1283).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro Arias Dávila ranks 39. Before him are Paulo da Gama (1465), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), and Ruy López de Villalobos (1500). After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Fernández (1536), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), and Félix de Azara (1742).

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