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Rodrigo de Bastidas

1460 - 1527

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Rodrigo de Bastidas (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ðe βasˈtiðas]; Triana, Seville, Andalusia, c. 1465 – Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 28 July 1527) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who mapped the northern coast of South America, discovered Panama, and founded the city of Santa Marta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodrigo de Bastidas has received more than 111,535 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Rodrigo de Bastidas is the 228th most popular explorer (down from 226th in 2019), the 860th most popular biography from Spain (down from 831st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Rodrigo de Bastidas ranks 228 out of 498. Before him are Nuno Tristão, Joshua Slocum, Dinis Dias, Pedro Arias Dávila, Julius Popper, and Francisco de Montejo. After him are Diego de Almagro II, Nicolas Baudin, Francisco Moreno, Jorge Álvares, Yerofey Khabarov, and Ohthere of Hålogaland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Rodrigo de Bastidas ranks 22. Before him are Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Johannes Widmann, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Georges d'Amboise, and Duarte Pacheco Pereira. After him are Svante Nilsson, Johann Froben, Antoine Brumel, Boccaccio Boccaccino, João da Nova, and Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale. Among people deceased in 1527, Rodrigo de Bastidas ranks 8. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Diego Columbus, Juan de Grijalva, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, and Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Johann Froben, Felix Manz, and Catherine of York.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rodrigo de Bastidas ranks 860 out of 3,355. Before him are Lucius Cornelius Balbus (-100), Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Francisco Sanches (1550), Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), and Francisco de Montejo (1479). After him are Eduardo Fajardo (1924), Joseph Alcazar (1911), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475), Juan del Encina (1468), Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834), and Julian of Toledo (642).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Rodrigo de Bastidas ranks 37. Before him are Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Paulo da Gama (1465), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), and Francisco de Montejo (1479). After him are Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Rodrigo de Jerez (1350), Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), and João da Nova (1460).

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