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Sebastián de Belalcázar

1480 - 1551

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Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan de βelalˈkaθaɾ]; c. 1490 – April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastián de Belalcázar has received more than 187,888 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Sebastián de Belalcázar is the 143rd most popular explorer (down from 142nd in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from Spain (down from 549th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 190k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 143 out of 498. Before him are Frederick Cook, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Andrés de Urdaneta, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Otto Sverdrup, and Mikhail Lazarev. After him are Scylax of Caryanda, Cornelis de Houtman, Emin Pasha, Mark Sykes, Don Walsh, and Martin Frobisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 24. Before him are Jean Clouet, Matrakçı Nasuh, Juan de Grijalva, Stańczyk, Charlotte of Albret, and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire. After him are Herri met de Bles, António de Abreu, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Pedro Damiano, and Girolamo Savoldo. Among people deceased in 1551, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 8. Before him are Martin Bucer, Sin Saimdang, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Sahib I Giray, and Oda Nobuhide. After him are Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, George Martinuzzi, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, and Adriaen Isenbrandt.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 579 out of 3,355. Before him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Infanta María de la Paz of Spain (1862), Silo of Asturias (720), Javier Clemente (1950), Luis Ocaña (1945), and Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057). After him are Federico Mompou (1893), Manuel Marín (1949), Aelia Flaccilla (356), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1358), Salomé (1939), and Concha Velasco (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 29. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), Juan de Grijalva (1480), and Andrés de Urdaneta (1498). After him are Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Paulo da Gama (1465), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), and Pedro Arias Dávila (1443).

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