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Sebastian Cabot

1484 - 1557

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Sebastian Cabot (Italian and Venetian: Sebastiano Caboto, Italian: [sebaˈstjaːno kaˈbɔːto]; Spanish: Sebastián Caboto, Gaboto or Cabot; c. 1474 – c. December 1557) was a Venetian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic and a Venetian citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Cabot has received more than 27,087 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sebastian Cabot is the 85th most popular explorer (up from 87th in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,070th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Explorer.

Sebastian Cabot is most famous for being a navigator and explorer for England. He was the first person to map the North American coast and explore Canada.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

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  • 67.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sebastian Cabot ranks 85 out of 498. Before him are Lope de Aguirre, Willem Janszoon, Stepan Makarov, Juan Díaz de Solís, James Clark Ross, and Hugh Glass. After him are Jean de Béthencourt, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Tristão da Cunha, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Benjamin of Tudela, and Charles Marie de La Condamine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Sebastian Cabot ranks 6. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Bartolomé de las Casas, Hans Baldung, Anne of Foix-Candale, and Julius Caesar Scaliger. After him are Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1557, Sebastian Cabot ranks 9. Before him are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, John III of Portugal, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, and Olaus Magnus. After him are Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Ferrante Gonzaga, Galvarino, and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sebastian Cabot ranks 1,048 out of 5,161. Before him are Frank Costello (1891), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Nicola Porpora (1686), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), and Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826). After him are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), Giovanni Messe (1883), Luigi Cadorna (1850), Roberto Cavalli (1940), Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), and Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Sebastian Cabot ranks 8. Before him are Christopher Columbus (1451), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852). After him are Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Alejandro Malaspina (1754), and Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385).

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