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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

1475 - 1519

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasco Núñez de Balboa has received more than 1,729,232 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Vasco Núñez de Balboa is the 28th most popular explorer (up from 29th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Spain (down from 74th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean.

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  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Vasco Núñez de Balboa has had the most page views in the with 181,856 views, followed by English (160,956), and German (17,973). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (264.52%), Ido (109.07%), and Breton (53.16%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vasco Núñez de Balboa ranks 28 out of 498. Before him are Jacques Cousteau, Erik the Red, Vitus Bering, Leif Erikson, Willem Barentsz, and Thor Heyerdahl. After him are Martin Behaim, Jan van Riebeeck, Pytheas, John Cabot, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, and Evliya Çelebi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1475, Vasco Núñez de Balboa ranks 5. Before him are Michelangelo, Pope Leo X, Cesare Borgia, and Paolo Uccello. After him are Diego de Almagro, Sebastiano Serlio, Bernardino Luini, Beatrice d'Este, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Maximus the Greek. Among people deceased in 1519, Vasco Núñez de Balboa ranks 4. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Lucrezia Borgia, and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Johann Tetzel, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Michael Wolgemut, Juan de Flandes, Hōjō Sōun, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, and Ambrosius Holbein.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vasco Núñez de Balboa ranks 75 out of 3,355. Before him are Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Luis Aragonés (1938), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Plácido Domingo (1941), Lucan (39), and Amancio Ortega (1936). After him are Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Juan Gris (1887), Roderic (688), Antonio Banderas (1960), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), and Muhammad XII of Granada (1459).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Vasco Núñez de Balboa ranks 4. Before him are Hernán Cortés (1485), Francisco Pizarro (1478), and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476). After him are Juan Ponce de León (1460), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Diego de Almagro (1475), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Hernando de Soto (1500), and Lope de Aguirre (1518).

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