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Gaspar Corte-Real

1450 - 1501

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Gaspar Corte-Real (1450–1501) was a Portuguese explorer who, alongside his father João Vaz Corte-Real and brother Miguel, participated in various exploratory voyages sponsored by the Portuguese Crown. These voyages are said to have been some of the first to reach Newfoundland and possibly other parts of eastern Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaspar Corte-Real is the 193rd most popular explorer (down from 172nd in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 157th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 193 out of 498. Before him are Hanno the Navigator, James Bruce, Annie Londonderry, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Alexander Mackenzie, and Johann Anton Güldenstädt. After him are Simon Fraser, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, James Weddell, and Don Walsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 28. Before him are Piero Soderini, Juan de Flandes, Francesco Francia, Ravidas, Pedro Berruguete, and Ercole de' Roberti. After him are Marin Barleti, Basarab II of Wallachia, Bartolomeo Montagna, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Yunus Pasha, and Nephon II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1501, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 4. Before him are Ali-Shir Nava'i, John I Albert, and Agostino Barbarigo. After him are Mesih Pasha, Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, Pero Escobar, Konstantin Mihailović, Constantine Lascaris, Margaret of Thuringia, and Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 181 out of 633. Before him are Jesualdo Ferreira (1946), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Fernando Gomes (1956), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455). After him are Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Paulo Futre (1966), Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), Paulo Sousa (1970), Joaquim de Almeida (1957), and Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Gaspar Corte-Real ranks 20. Before him are João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Gil Eanes (null), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), António de Abreu (1480), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455). After him are Jorge Álvares (1401), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Francisco Serrão (1500), and Bento de Góis (1562).

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