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Bento de Góis

1562 - 1607

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Bento de Góis (1562 – 11 April 1607) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and explorer. His name is commonly given in English as Bento de Goes or Bento de Goës; in the past, it has also been Anglicized as Benedict Goës. He is mainly remembered as the first known European to travel overland from India to China, via current-day Afghanistan and the Pamir Mountains. Inspired by controversies among the Jesuits as to whether the Cathay of Marco Polo's stories is the same country as China, his expedition conclusively proved that the two countries are one and the same, and, according to Henry Yule, made "Cathay... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bento de Góis is the 259th most popular explorer (up from 324th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 278th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bento de Góis ranks 259 out of 498. Before him are Julius Klaproth, Thorvald Eiriksson, Dinis Dias, Thekla Resvoll, Karl Weyprecht, and Oscar Wisting. After him are Julius Popper, Rodrigo de Jerez, Karl Maximovich, Edward Bransfield, Ada Blackjack, and Adolf Lüderitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Bento de Góis ranks 15. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John Bull, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ottavio Rinuccini, and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus. After him are Adam van Noort, Isabella Andreini, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg, George Abbot, and Francis Godwin. Among people deceased in 1607, Bento de Góis ranks 12. Before him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Gillis van Coninxloo, Jacob van Heemskerck, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Michele Ruggieri. After him are Guidobaldo del Monte, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Eleanor of Prussia, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Giovanni Maria Nanino, and Bartholomew Gosnold.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Bento de Góis ranks 235 out of 633. Before him are Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), Nuno Gomes (1976), Carlos Seixas (1704), António Marto (1947), Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860), and Manuel Bento (1948). After him are António José de Almeida (1866), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), and Manuel Cardoso (1566).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Bento de Góis ranks 26. Before him are Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Jorge Álvares (1401), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), and Francisco Serrão (1500). After him are Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Nuno Tristão (1500), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), and Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500).

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