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Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest known Roman geographer. He was born in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died c. AD 45. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pomponius Mela has received more than 275,812 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Pomponius Mela is the 16th most popular geographer (down from 14th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Spain (down from 181st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Geographer.
Pomponius Mela was a Roman geographer who is most famous for his work "De Chorographia" which explains the geographical knowledge of the world at the time.
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Among geographers, Pomponius Mela ranks 16 out of 67. Before him are Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Wladimir Köppen, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Ibn Khordadbeh. After him are Ya'qubi, David Harvey, Ibn Jubayr, Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, and James Lovelock.
1527 - 1598
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1470 - 1520
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1833 - 1905
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1846 - 1940
HPI: 65.71
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1845 - 1918
HPI: 64.12
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820 - 912
HPI: 64.12
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15 - 100
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801 - 898
HPI: 63.17
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1935 - Present
HPI: 62.02
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1145 - 1217
HPI: 61.55
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1830 - 1905
HPI: 61.05
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1325 - 1387
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Rank: 21
1919 - 2022
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Among people born in 15, Pomponius Mela ranks 5. Before him are Jude the Apostle, Vitellius, Agrippina the Younger, and Apollonius of Tyana. After him are Lollia Paulina, Caratacus, and Publius Ostorius Scapula. Among people deceased in 100, Pomponius Mela ranks 29. Before him are Anna the Prophetess, Ananias of Damascus, Nicodemus, Herod Agrippa II, Pontius Pilate's wife, and Zebedee. After him are Silas, Lydia of Thyatira, Cornelius the Centurion, Philip the Evangelist, Valerius Maximus, and Papias of Hierapolis.
15 - 70
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15 - 69
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15 - 59
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15 - 100
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15 - 100
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15 - 49
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15 - 54
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15 - 52
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90 BC - 100
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100 - 100
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50 BC - 100
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28 - 100
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6 - 100
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100 BC - 100
HPI: 64.02
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15 - 100
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1 - 100
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100 - 100
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100 - 100
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100 - 100
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100 BC - 100
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70 - 100
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Among people born in Spain, Pomponius Mela ranks 216 out of 2,932. Before him are Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Carmen Amaya (1913), Judah Halevi (1079), Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Jacinto Benavente (1866). After him are Manuel Godoy (1767), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Huneric (450), Antonio Machado (1875), and Javier Bardem (1969).
1788 - 1855
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1913 - 1963
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1079 - 1141
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1567 - 1597
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1089 - 1167
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1866 - 1954
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15 - 100
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1767 - 1851
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290 - 304
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1922 - 1990
HPI: 63.44
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450 - 484
HPI: 63.41
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1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
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1969 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 222
Among geographers born in Spain, Pomponius Mela ranks 2. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100). After him are Ibn Jubayr (1145), Abraham Cresques (1325), and Al-Bakri (1014).
1100 - 1165
HPI: 73.68
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15 - 100
HPI: 63.76
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1145 - 1217
HPI: 61.55
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1325 - 1387
HPI: 60.72
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1014 - 1094
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