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Rodrigo de Triana

1469 - 1526

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Rodrigo de Triana (born 1469 in Lepe, Huelva, Spain) was a Spanish sailor, believed to be the first European from the Age of Exploration to have seen the Americas. Born as Juan Rodríguez Bermejo, Triana was the son of hidalgo and potter Vicente Bermejo and Sereni Betancour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodrigo de Triana has received more than 140,320 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rodrigo de Triana is the 133rd most popular explorer (up from 154th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Spain (up from 566th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Rodrigo de Triana ranks 133 out of 405. Before him are João Vaz Corte-Real, Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Jean Chardin, and António de Abreu. After him are Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, Frederick de Houtman, Francisco Serrão, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Mikhail Lazarev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Rodrigo de Triana ranks 7. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, Manuel I of Portugal, Guru Nanak, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, and John Fisher. After him are Ishak Pasha, Elia Levita, Francesco Granacci, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1526, Rodrigo de Triana ranks 8. Before him are Juan Sebastián Elcano, Vittore Carpaccio, Isabella of Austria, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, and Scipione del Ferro. After him are Ibrahim Lodi, Elisabetta Gonzaga, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Shō Shin, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Conrad Grebel.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rodrigo de Triana ranks 504 out of 2,932. Before him are Ildefonsus (607), Marià Fortuny (1838), Beatrice of Castile (1293), Ulpia Marciana (48), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1358), and Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818). After him are Ardo (700), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Ordoño III of León (926), Tito Vilanova (1968), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), and Fermin (272).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Rodrigo de Triana ranks 28. Before him are Juan de la Cosa (1460), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), and João da Nova (1460). After him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Paulo da Gama (1465), and Francisco de Bobadilla (1500).

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