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Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

1532 - 1592

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Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532–1592) was a Spanish adventurer, author, historian, mathematician, and astronomer. His birthplace is not certain and may have been Pontevedra, in Galicia, where his paternal family originated, or Alcalá de Henares in Castile, where he later is known to have studied . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa has received more than 94,096 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa is the 2,171st most popular writer (up from 2,389th in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from Spain (up from 796th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

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  • 2.57

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Notable Works

Historia de los Incas
History, Incas, Indians of South America
1900
Los Viajes al Estrecho de Magallanes
1993
Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes
Accessible book, Discovery and exploration, Early works to 1800
1768
Moi, gouverneur du détroit de Magellan
Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro, -- 1532?-1608? -- Journeys -- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina), Voyages and travels, Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
2001
Viage al estrecho de Magallanes por el capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa en los años de 1579. y 1580
Early works to 1800, Voyages and travels, Discovery and exploration
1768
History of Incas (Hakluyt Society Works Ser .: No 2 Vol 22)
1988
Historia de los Incas
History, Incas, Indians of South America
1900
Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes
Discovery and exploration, Early works to 1800, History
1768
Historia de los incas
1947
History Of The Incas
2009
The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568
Solomon islands, Discovery and exploration, HISTORY
1901
Moi, gouverneur du détroit de Magellan
Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro, -- 1532?-1608? -- Journeys -- Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina), Voyages and travels, Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 2,171 out of 7,302. Before him are Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Isaac the Blind, Katsu Kaishū, William of Moerbeke, Auguste Maquet, and Nelson Algren. After him are Antimachus, Herman Bang, Alexander Imich, S. S. Van Dine, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and Apollonius Dyscolus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 11. Before him are Francis Walsingham, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Luís Fróis, Alphonsus Rodriguez, and Archduchess Magdalena of Austria. After him are Maerten de Vos, Mehmed II Giray, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Marino Grimani, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. Among people deceased in 1592, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 15. Before him are Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Michiel Coxie. After him are John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Paschal Baylón, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Moderata Fonte, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 749 out of 3,355. Before him are Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1363), Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (1956), Mikel Arteta (1982), Cesc Fàbregas (1987), Ferran Olivella (1936), and Josep Lluís Sert (1902). After him are Elsa Pataky (1976), Baldomero Espartero (1793), Wifred II, Count of Barcelona (900), George Meade (1815), Fernando de Rojas (1470), and Antonio de la Cruz (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 81. Before him are Jorge Manrique (1440), Caterina Albert (1869), Mariano José de Larra (1809), Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Ramón Sampedro (1943), and Salvador de Madariaga (1886). After him are Fernando de Rojas (1470), Leopoldo Alas (1852), Francesc Eiximenis (1330), José Zorrilla (1817), Juan de Valdés (1505), and Ana María Matute (1925).

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