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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

1519 - 1574

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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo meˈnendeθ ðe aβiˈles]; Asturian: Pedro (Menéndez) d'Avilés; 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral, explorer and conquistador from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain. He is notable for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys, which became known as the Spanish treasure fleet, and for founding St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés has received more than 522,835 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés is the 265th most popular explorer (down from 223rd in 2019), the 966th most popular biography from Spain (down from 797th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 520k

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  • 51.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ranks 265 out of 405. Before him are Roy Chapman Andrews, Ippolito Rosellini, Ludwig Leichhardt, Willem de Vlamingh, William Clark, and Nikolai Spathari. After him are Aleksei Chirikov, Richard Chancellor, Juan Fernández, Grigory Shelikhov, Helge Ingstad, and Dmitry Laptev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ranks 17. Before him are Imagawa Yoshimoto, Antonis Mor, Andrea Cesalpino, Thomas Gresham, Frans Floris, and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him is Girolamo Mei. Among people deceased in 1574, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ranks 16. Before him are Georg Joachim Rheticus, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louis of Nassau, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Guru Amar Das, and Damião de Góis. After him are Giovanni Battista Giraldi and Gáspár Heltai.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ranks 966 out of 2,932. Before him are Justo Tejada (1933), Juan Alonso (1927), Juan Zambudio Velasco (1921), Almudena Grandes (1960), Antonio Moreno (1887), and Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1170). After him are Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875), Ibn Hayyan (987), Robert de Nola (1500), Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398), and Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ranks 42. Before him are Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), and Juan de Garay (1528). After him are Juan Fernández (1536), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), Félix de Azara (1742), Francisco de Ulloa (1501), Pascual de Andagoya (1495), and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500).

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