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Pêro da Covilhã

1450 - 1530

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Pêro da Covilhã (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ðɐ kuviˈʎɐ̃]; c. 1460 – after 1526), sometimes written Pero de Covilhã, was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer. He was a native of Covilhã in Beira. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pêro da Covilhã has received more than 103,307 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Pêro da Covilhã is the 151st most popular explorer (down from 105th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Pêro da Covilhã is most famous for being a Portuguese explorer who discovered the Congo River in 1482.

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  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 151 out of 498. Before him are Cornelis de Houtman, Emin Pasha, Mark Sykes, Don Walsh, Martin Frobisher, and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg. After him are Pedro Mascarenhas, Rodrigo de Triana, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Gan Ying, Gaspar de Lemos, and Alexandrine Tinné.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 22. Before him are Zagan Pasha, Heinrich Isaac, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Juan de Flandes, Francesco Francia, and Ibrahim Lodi. After him are Basarab II of Wallachia, Pedro Berruguete, Gaspar Corte-Real, Piero Soderini, Bartolomeo Montagna, and Ercole de' Roberti. Among people deceased in 1530, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 12. Before him are Maximilian Sforza, Joanna la Beltraneja, Konstanty Ostrogski, Judah Leon Abravanel, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Jacopo Sannazaro. After him are Bramantino, Properzia de' Rossi, Marco Basaiti, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Nicholas, Count of Salm, and Eric Trolle.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 143 out of 633. Before him are Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Sidónio Pais (1872), Jesualdo Ferreira (1946), Manuel de Arriaga (1840), Leonor Teles (1350), and Félix Mourinho (1938). After him are Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Cristóvão Ferreira (1580), and Beatrice of Silva (1424).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 16. Before him are João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Francisco Serrão (1500), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), and Gil Eanes (null). After him are Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), António de Abreu (1480), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), and Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400).

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