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Pedro Tafur

1410 - 1490

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Pedro Tafur (or Pero Tafur) (c. 1410 – c. 1484) was a traveller, historian and writer from Castile (modern day Spain). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Tafur has received more than 50,872 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Tafur is the 322nd most popular explorer, the 1,201st most popular biography from Spain and the 46th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Tafur ranks 322 out of 498. Before him are Roy Chapman Andrews, Nathaniel Palmer, Hermann Wissmann, Helge Ingstad, Dmitry Laptev, and Thorvald Asvaldsson. After him are William Clark, Bento de Góis, Martim Afonso de Sousa, Alexander Dalrymple, Grímur Kamban, and Louise Arner Boyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1410, Pedro Tafur ranks 9. Before him are Lekë Dukagjini, Domenico Veneziano, Stefan Lochner, Giorgio da Sebenico, Ibn Taghribirdi, and Agnes Bernauer. After him is William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. Among people deceased in 1490, Pedro Tafur ranks 10. Before him are Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, and Hans Talhoffer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Tafur ranks 1,201 out of 3,355. Before him are Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Pedro (1987), Ismail II of Granada (1338), Fernando Llorente (1985), Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (1783), and Enrique Barón Crespo (1944). After him are Enrique Mateos (1934), José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (1728), Lola Anglada (1892), Manuela Carmena (1944), Luis María Echeberría (1940), and Verónica Forqué (1955).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro Tafur ranks 46. Before him are Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), João da Nova (1460), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), and Francisco de Ulloa (1501). After him are Félix de Azara (1742), Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Pascual de Andagoya (1495), Juan Fernández (1536), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), and Gaspar de Portolá (1716).

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