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Pedro Mascarenhas

1484 - 1555

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D. Pedro Mascarenhas (1480 – 16 June 1555) was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in 1512. He also encountered the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1512, although he may not have been the first Portuguese explorer to do so; earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque along with Diogo Fernandes Pereira may have encountered the islands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Mascarenhas has received more than 75,190 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Pedro Mascarenhas is the 152nd most popular explorer (up from 161st in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 148th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.15

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 152 out of 498. Before him are Emin Pasha, Mark Sykes, Don Walsh, Martin Frobisher, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, and Pêro da Covilhã. After him are Rodrigo de Triana, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Gan Ying, Gaspar de Lemos, Alexandrine Tinné, and Ahmad ibn Rustah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 12. Before him are Sebastian Cabot, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, and George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Michele Sanmicheli, Jón Arason, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Estêvão Gomes, Il Pordenone, and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch. Among people deceased in 1555, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 7. Before him are Joanna of Castile, Pope Julius III, Pope Marcellus II, Georgius Agricola, Henry II of Navarre, and Kara Ahmed Pasha. After him are Herri met de Bles, Agnes of Hesse, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Thomas of Villanova, and Oronce Finé.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 144 out of 633. Before him are Sidónio Pais (1872), Jesualdo Ferreira (1946), Manuel de Arriaga (1840), Leonor Teles (1350), Félix Mourinho (1938), and Pêro da Covilhã (1450). After him are Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Cristóvão Ferreira (1580), Beatrice of Silva (1424), and Mafalda of Portugal (1197).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 17. Before him are Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Francisco Serrão (1500), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), Gil Eanes (null), and Pêro da Covilhã (1450). After him are Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), and Estêvão Gomes (1484).

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