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Eusebio Kino

1645 - 1711

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Eusebio Francisco Kino, SJ (Italian: Eusebio Francesco Chini, Spanish: Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire. For the last 24 years of his life he worked in the region then known as the Pimería Alta, modern-day Sonora in Mexico and southern Arizona in the United States. He explored the region and worked with the indigenous Native American population, including primarily the Tohono O'Odham, Sobaipuri and other Upper Piman groups. He proved that the Baja California Territory was not an island but a peninsula by leading an overland expedition there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eusebio Kino is the 291st most popular explorer, the 2,789th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,797th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Eusebio Kino ranks 291 out of 498. Before him are Ivan Papanin, Nuno Tristão, Francis Younghusband, Jim Bridger, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Anthony Jenkinson. After him are Roy Chapman Andrews, Wulfstan of Hedeby, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Grigory Potanin, and Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Eusebio Kino ranks 13. Before him are Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Anne Dacier, Andreas Werckmeister, Nicolas Lemery, and Maria de Dominici. After him are Louis Jolliet, François de Troy, and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin. Among people deceased in 1711, Eusebio Kino ranks 12. Before him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Maria Amalia of Courland, Vladimir Atlasov, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Joseph Vaz, and Élisabeth Sophie Chéron. After him are Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Gerard de Lairesse, and Peter Schenk the Elder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Eusebio Kino ranks 2,789 out of 5,161. Before him are Melus of Bari (1000), Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress (1252), Luca Guadagnino (1971), Toni Servillo (1959), Giulio Gaudini (1904), and Marietta Alboni (1823). After him are Festus (390), Giuseppe Abbati (1836), Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), Vincenzo Camuccini (1771), Lucius Flavius Silva (40), and Attilio Pavesi (1910).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Eusebio Kino ranks 15. Before him are Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Alejandro Malaspina (1754), and Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385). After him are Ippolito Rosellini (1800), and Teoberto Maler (1842).

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