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Tomé Pires

1468 - 1540

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Tomé Pires (c. 1468 — c. 1524/1540) was a Portuguese apothecary, colonial administrator, and diplomat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomé Pires has received more than 138,467 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tomé Pires is the 2,279th most popular writer (down from 2,022nd in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 168th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Portuguese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Travel accounts of the islands (1513-1787)
Description and travel
1971
Portugais et luso-français
Attitudes, Children of immigrants, Cultural assimilation
1994
The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires, an account of the East, from the Red sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515
Description and travel, Pilot guides
1944
The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires. Vol. I/II
Description and travel, Pilot guides
1967
Éducation au Portugal et en France
Education
1998

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tomé Pires ranks 2,279 out of 7,302. Before him are Fritz Leiber, John W. Campbell, Henri Desgrange, Rahul Sankrityayan, Christina Rossetti, and Heinrich Glarean. After him are Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Robert Ressler, Harold Bloom, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Cao Yu, and Ding Ling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, Tomé Pires ranks 6. Before him are Pope Paul III, John, Elector of Saxony, Basil Fool for Christ, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, and Juan de Zumárraga. After him are Ibn Kemal, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Juan del Encina, Johannes Werner, Francesco Donato, and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1540, Tomé Pires ranks 12. Before him are Francesco Guicciardini, Juan Luis Vives, Tristão da Cunha, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Guillaume Budé, and Joos van Cleve. After him are Barthel Beham, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Fernão de Loronha, Francisco de Ulloa, Dawit II, and Hans Leonhard Schäufelein.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Tomé Pires ranks 190 out of 633. Before him are Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), Alexandrina of Balazar (1904), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934), and Estêvão Gomes (1484). After him are Pedro Damiano (1480), John, Constable of Portugal (1400), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Pelagio Galvani (1165), Alberto Festa (1939), and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Tomé Pires ranks 12. Before him are Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Luís Fróis (1532), and Almeida Garrett (1799). After him are António Vieira (1608), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Miguel Torga (1907), and Duarte Barbosa (1480).

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