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Fernão do Pó

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Fernão do Pó (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w du ˈpɔ]; fl. 1472), also known as Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer of the West African coast. He was the first European to see the islands in the Gulf of Guinea around 1472, one of which until the mid-1900s bore a version of his name, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo. The island is now named Bioko and is part of Equatorial Guinea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernão do Pó is the 167th most popular explorer (up from 184th in 2019). (up from 1,382nd in 2019)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Fernão do Pó ranks 167 out of 498. Before him are Adrien de Gerlache, Gaspar de Portolá, Enrique of Malacca, Otto Sverdrup, Emin Pasha, and Isabelle Eberhardt. After him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Paulo da Gama, and Gaspar de Lemos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Fernão do Pó ranks 20. Before him are Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Afanasy Nikitin, Paris Bordone, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Sebald Beham, and Margarita Luti. After him are Gaspar de Lemos, Sinan Pasha, Reginald Pole, Elizabeth Blount, Nuno Gonçalves, and Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada. Among people deceased in 1500, Fernão do Pó ranks 8. Before him are Diogo Dias, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, and Gil Eanes. After him are Doukas, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Bartolomé Bermejo, John Morton, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia.

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