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Wulfstan of Hedeby

800 - 850

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Wulfstan of Hedeby was a late ninth-century traveller and trader. His travel accounts, as well as those of another trader, Ohthere of Hålogaland, were included in the Old English Orosius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wulfstan of Hedeby has received more than 81,536 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wulfstan of Hedeby is the 235th most popular explorer (down from 219th in 2019).

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  • 82k

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  • 60.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 235 out of 498. Before him are Diego de Almagro II, Nicolas Baudin, Francisco Moreno, Jorge Álvares, Yerofey Khabarov, and Ohthere of Hålogaland. After him are Jan Czerski, Pedro Cieza de León, Yuri Lisyansky, Pehr Osbeck, Eduard von Toll, and Grigory Potanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 41. Before him are Aznar Galíndez I, Giustiniano Participazio, Nennius, Ado of Vienne, Sabin of Bulgaria, and Umor of Bulgaria. After him are Saraha, Bragi Boddason, Ashot I of Iberia, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Toktu of Bulgaria, and Agnello Participazio. Among people deceased in 850, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ramiro I of Asturias, and Emperor Ninmyō.

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