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Francisco de Orellana

1511 - 1546

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Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe oɾeˈʎana]; 1511 – November 1546) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. In one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon, arriving at the river's mouth on 24 August 1542. He and his party sailed along the Atlantic coast until reaching Cubagua Island, near the coast of Venezuela. Orellana founded the city of Guayaquil in what is now Ecuador, and died during a second expedition on the Amazon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco de Orellana is the 38th most popular explorer, the 110th most popular biography from Spain (up from 124th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Francisco de Orellana is most famous for being the first European to explore the Amazon River.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco de Orellana ranks 38 out of 498. Before him are Vasco Núñez de Balboa, John Davis, John Cabot, Evliya Çelebi, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, and Pytheas. After him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de León, Daniel Boone, Jacob Roggeveen, Ingólfr Arnarson, and Ernest Shackleton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Francisco de Orellana ranks 2. Before him is Giorgio Vasari. After him are Henry, Duke of Cornwall, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, Erasmus Reinhold, Francisco López de Gómara, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Nicola Vicentino, Juan Pizarro, and Pierre Viret. Among people deceased in 1546, Francisco de Orellana ranks 3. Before him are Martin Luther, and Hayreddin Barbarossa. After him are Giulio Romano, Meera, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Étienne Dolet, Petru Rareș, and Isabella di Morra.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco de Orellana ranks 110 out of 3,355. Before him are Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Manuel de Falla (1876), Luis Aragonés (1938), Dolores Ibárruri (1895), Ramón Mercader (1913), and Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528). After him are Vincent of Saragossa (300), Pelagius of Asturias (685), Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), and Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Francisco de Orellana ranks 5. Before him are Hernán Cortés (1485), Francisco Pizarro (1478), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), and Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475). After him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Diego de Almagro (1475), Hernando de Soto (1500), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), and Juan Díaz de Solís (1470).

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