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Pedro Cieza de León

1520 - 1554

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Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c. 1518 or 1520 – Seville, Spain July 2, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán. He is known primarily for his extensive work, Crónicas del Perú (The Chronicle of Peru), which has been a source of knowledge for centuries for different disciplines such as history, philology, geography, biology, anthropology, botany and zoology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Cieza de León has received more than 105,322 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pedro Cieza de León is the 209th most popular explorer (up from 227th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 822nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 209 out of 405. Before him are Jacob van Heemskerck, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Enrique of Malacca, and Gaspar de Lemos. After him are Julius Klaproth, Diego de Almagro II, Wilhelm Filchner, Bento de Góis, Jan Czerski, and Cristoforo Buondelmonti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 16. Before him are Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Moses Isserles, and Aben Humeya. After him are Diego de Almagro II, Isabella di Morra, Giovanni Animuccia, Jorge de Montemor, Girolamo Cassar, and Adam Bohorič. Among people deceased in 1554, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 11. Before him are Sebastiano Serlio, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Hieronymus Bock, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and Sibylle of Cleves. After him are Gaspara Stampa, Marcantonio Trivisan, Moretto da Brescia, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, and Islam Shah Suri.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 762 out of 2,932. Before him are Antonio de la Cruz (1947), Blas de Lezo (1689), Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1180), Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán (1809), Manuel Valls (1962), and Víctor Erice (1940). After him are Sunifred, Count of Barcelona (805), Pepe Reina (1982), Fernando Morientes (1976), Ángela Molina (1955), Alejandro Lerroux (1864), and Sergi Barjuán (1971).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 37. Before him are Juan de Grijalva (1480), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Paulo da Gama (1465), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), and Francisco de Montejo (1479). After him are Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), and Juan Fernández (1536).

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