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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 68,301 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pedro Mascarenhas is the 162nd most popular explorer, the 148th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 141st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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  • 56.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 162 out of 405. Before him are Ahmad ibn Rustah, Anthony van Diemen, Sophie Blanchard, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Gil Eanes, and Paulo da Gama. After him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Lancelotto Malocello, Matthew Flinders, Vasily Tatishchev, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and Jim Bridger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 13. Before him are Julius Caesar Scaliger, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Michele Sanmicheli. After him are Jón Arason, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Il Pordenone, Estêvão Gomes, and Franciabigio. Among people deceased in 1555, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 8. Before him are Pope Julius III, Pope Marcellus II, Georgius Agricola, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Henry II of Navarre, and Jacob Clemens non Papa. After him are Thomas of Villanova, Oronce Finé, Herri met de Bles, Heinrich Aldegrever, Agnes of Hesse, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 148 out of 555. Before him are Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (1800), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), João de Barros (1496), Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894), Álvaro Cunhal (1913), and Gil Eanes (null). After him are Mafalda of Portugal (1197), Humberto Delgado (1906), Urraca of Portugal (1150), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746), and Félix Mourinho (1938).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Pedro Mascarenhas ranks 19. Before him are Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), António de Abreu (1480), Francisco Serrão (1500), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), and Gil Eanes (null). After him are Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Nuno Tristão (1500), Bento de Góis (1562), Jorge Álvares (1401), Estêvão Gomes (1484), and Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395).

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