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Francisco Serrão

1500 - 1521

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Francisco Serrão (died 1521) was a Portuguese explorer and a possible cousin of Ferdinand Magellan. His 1512 voyage was the first known European sailing east past Malacca through modern Indonesia and the East Indies. He became a confidant of Sultan Bayan Sirrullah, the ruler of Ternate, becoming his personal advisor. He remained in Ternate where he died around the same time Magellan died. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Serrão is the 250th most popular explorer (down from 132nd in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco Serrão ranks 250 out of 498. Before him are Vladimir Atlasov, Nikolaus Federmann, St John Philby, Yerofey Khabarov, Dmitry Laptev, and Jan Czerski. After him are Friedrich Welwitsch, Diego de Almagro II, Julius Klaproth, Thorvald Eiriksson, Dinis Dias, and Thekla Resvoll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Francisco Serrão ranks 34. Before him are Ruy López de Villalobos, Luis de Milán, Francisco de Bobadilla, Jacob Hutter, Muhammad XIII of Granada, and Tielman Susato. After him are Jan Mandijn, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Gómez Pereira, Robert de Nola, and Luis de Narváez. Among people deceased in 1521, Francisco Serrão ranks 13. Before him are Zhengde Emperor, Christina of Saxony, Raffaele Riario, Leonardo Loredan, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, and Jorge Álvares. After him are Tamás Bakócz, Neagoe Basarab, Duarte Barbosa, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Al-Mustamsik, and John II, Duke of Cleves.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Francisco Serrão ranks 226 out of 633. Before him are Manuel Clemente (1948), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Pauleta (1973), Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), and Alexandrina of Balazar (1904). After him are Carlos do Carmo (1939), Leonor Teles (1350), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), Nuno Gomes (1976), Carlos Seixas (1704), and António Marto (1947).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Francisco Serrão ranks 25. Before him are Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Jorge Álvares (1401), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), and Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395). After him are Bento de Góis (1562), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Nuno Tristão (1500), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), and Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400).

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