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Roche Braziliano

1630 - 1671

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Roche Braziliano (c. 1630 – disappeared c. 1671) was a Dutch pirate from the town of Groningen. His piratical career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance c. 1671. He was first made famous in Alexandre Exquemelin's 1678 book The Buccaneers of America; Exquemelin did not know Braziliano's real name, but historians have argued his probable real name was Gerrit Gerritszoon and that he and his parents had moved to Dutch Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roche Braziliano has received more than 221,607 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Roche Braziliano is the 26th most popular pirate, the 410th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 399th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Pirate.

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  • 220k

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  • 54.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Roche Braziliano ranks 26 out of 29. Before him are Samuel Bellamy, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, Edward Low, and Awilda. After him are Cheung Po Tsai, Grace O'Malley, and Carlo Rambaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Roche Braziliano ranks 15. Before him are Ludolf Bakhuizen, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Josefa de Óbidos, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pjetër Bogdani, and Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts. After him are Pierre Daniel Huet, Maria van Oosterwijck, Nikolay Diletsky, Guru Har Rai, Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, and Lorenzo Gafà. Among people deceased in 1671, Roche Braziliano ranks 10. Before him are Anne Hyde, Adam Olearius, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, Sébastien Bourdon, and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. After him are Yerofey Khabarov, Antonio Barberini, Thomas Fairfax, Jan van Bijlert, Yun Seondo, and Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Roche Braziliano ranks 410 out of 1,646. Before him are Pim Verbeek (1956), Hakim Ziyech (1993), Herman Gorter (1864), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Philip de Koninck (1619), and Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635). After him are Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Ronald de Boer (1970), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), and Jordi Cruyff (1974).

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Among PIRATES In Netherlands

Among pirates born in Netherlands, Roche Braziliano ranks 3. Before him are Jan Janszoon (1570), and Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577).

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