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Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

1676 - 1747

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Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747) was a Swedish officer and geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Johan von Strahlenberg has received more than 71,417 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Philip Johan von Strahlenberg is the 141st most popular explorer (up from 144th in 2019), the 1,662nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,594th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 141 out of 405. Before him are Gan Ying, Frederick de Houtman, Francisco Serrão, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Mikhail Lazarev, and Martin Frobisher. After him are Emin Pasha, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Alexander Mackenzie, Otto Sverdrup, Scylax of Caryanda, and Gaspar Corte-Real.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 9. Before him are Francis II Rákóczi, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Robert Walpole, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Louis-Nicolas Clérambault. After him are Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Jacopo Riccati, Stanisław Poniatowski, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, and Michael II Apafi. Among people deceased in 1747, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 12. Before him are Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Giovanni Bononcini, Giuseppe Crespi, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Francesco Solimena, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jean-Féry Rebel, Andrey Osterman, and Barthold Heinrich Brockes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 1,662 out of 6,142. Before him are Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714). After him are Ernst Neufert (1900), Andreas Libavius (1555), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Gustav von Schmoller (1838), and Lothar von Trotha (1848).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 5. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), Heinrich Barth (1821), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), and Adam Olearius (1603). After him are Hans Staden (1525), John Sutter (1803), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Julius Klaproth (1783), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), and Nikolaus Federmann (1505).

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