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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

1182 - 1252

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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He was the author of the earliest important Western account of Northern and Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and other regions of the Mongol dominion. He served as the Primate of Serbia, based in Antivari, from 1247 to 1252. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni da Pian del Carpine is the 36th most popular explorer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Montenegro (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Montenegrin Explorer.

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine is most famous for being the first European to visit Mongolia.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 36 out of 498. Before him are William Adams, Jan van Riebeeck, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, John Davis, John Cabot, and Evliya Çelebi. After him are Pytheas, Francisco de Orellana, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de León, Daniel Boone, and Jacob Roggeveen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1182, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 2. Before him is Francis of Assisi. After him are Haakon III of Norway, Alexios IV Angelos, Alexios I of Trebizond, Maria of Montpellier, Lutgardis, Accursius, Minamoto no Yoriie, Sakya Pandita, Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay, and Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1252, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 2. Before him is Abel, King of Denmark. After him are Blanche of Castile, Ferdinand III of Castile, Sorghaghtani Beki, Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Peter of Verona, Qara Hülegü, Rose of Viterbo, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Henry I, Count of Anhalt, and Bohemond V of Antioch.

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In Montenegro

Among people born in Montenegro, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 5 out of 142. Before him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888), Radovan Karadžić (1945), Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841), and Milovan Đilas (1911). After him are Stefan Nemanja (1113), Elena of Montenegro (1871), Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813), Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1459), Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864), Milena Vukotić (1848), and Leopold Mandić (1866).

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Among explorers born in Montenegro, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine ranks 1. 

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