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Tristão da Cunha

1460 - 1540

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Tristão da Cunha (sometimes misspelled Tristão d'Acunha; Portuguese pronunciation: [tɾiʃˈtɐ̃w dɐ ˈkuɲɐ]; c. 1460 – c. 1540) was a Portuguese explorer and naval commander. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tristão da Cunha has received more than 156,485 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Tristão da Cunha is the 88th most popular explorer (up from 110th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 102nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Tristão da Cunha is most famous for being the first European to set foot on Antarctica.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tristão da Cunha ranks 88 out of 498. Before him are Juan Díaz de Solís, James Clark Ross, Hugh Glass, Sebastian Cabot, Jean de Béthencourt, and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. After him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Benjamin of Tudela, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Robert FitzRoy, and Ferdinand von Wrangel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Tristão da Cunha ranks 5. Before him are Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, and Johann Tetzel. After him are Lorenzo Costa, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Andrea Solari, Juan de la Cosa, Konstanty Ostrogski, and Tilman Riemenschneider. Among people deceased in 1540, Tristão da Cunha ranks 8. Before him are Parmigianino, Thomas Cromwell, Angela Merici, Rosso Fiorentino, Francesco Guicciardini, and Juan Luis Vives. After him are Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, Tomé Pires, Barthel Beham, and Duarte, Duke of Guimarães.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Tristão da Cunha ranks 80 out of 633. Before him are Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Diego Columbus (1479), Marcelo Caetano (1906), Isaac Abarbanel (1437), Constance of Aragon (1179), and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397). After him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), Antonio Damasio (1944), António Costa (1961), Wamba (630), and António de Spínola (1910).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Tristão da Cunha ranks 9. Before him are Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), Diogo Dias (1450), and Diego Columbus (1479). After him are João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Francisco Serrão (1500), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), and Gil Eanes (null).

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