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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 175,987 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Sebastián de Belalcázar is the 143rd most popular explorer (up from 148th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from Spain (down from 539th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 180k

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  • 57.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 143 out of 405. Before him are Francisco Serrão, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Mikhail Lazarev, Martin Frobisher, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, and Emin Pasha. After him are Alexander Mackenzie, Otto Sverdrup, Scylax of Caryanda, Gaspar Corte-Real, Vladimir Arsenyev, and Hans Staden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 21. Before him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Dosso Dossi, Marcantonio Raimondi, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Jean Clouet, and António de Abreu. After him are Juan de Grijalva, Pedro Damiano, Herri met de Bles, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and Antonio de Guevara. Among people deceased in 1551, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 8. Before him are Barbara Radziwiłł, Martin Bucer, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Sahib I Giray, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Oda Nobuhide. After him are Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, George Martinuzzi, and Fray Tomás de Berlanga.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 549 out of 2,932. Before him are Lorenzo Sanz (1943), Miguel Induráin (1964), Hydatius (395), Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias (1571), Julen Lopetegui (1966), and Rafael Benítez (1960). After him are Gundemar (600), Berengaria of Barcelona (1116), Aurelius of Asturias (740), Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada (1500), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453), and Daniel Brühl (1978).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Sebastián de Belalcázar ranks 30. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), João da Nova (1460), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500). After him are Juan de Grijalva (1480), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Paulo da Gama (1465), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), and Francisco de Montejo (1479).

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