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Hans Staden

1525 - 1579

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Hans Staden (c. 1525 – c. 1576) was a German soldier and explorer who voyaged to South America in the middle of the sixteenth century, where he was captured by the Tupinambá people of Brazil. He managed to survive and return safe to Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Staden is the 158th most popular explorer (down from 120th in 2019), the 1,718th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,346th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Hans Staden ranks 158 out of 498. Before him are Vladimir Arsenyev, Alexandrine Tinné, João da Nova, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Scylax of Caryanda, and Martin Frobisher. After him are Gil Eanes, Cornelis de Houtman, Adrien de Gerlache, Gaspar de Portolá, Enrique of Malacca, and Otto Sverdrup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1525, Hans Staden ranks 6. Before him are Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Nurbanu Sultan, Şehzade Bayezid, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, and Giovanni Battista Moroni. After him are Zhang Juzheng, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Germain Pilon, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Juraj Drašković, and Tadeáš Hájek. Among people deceased in 1579, Hans Staden ranks 5. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and Joseph Nasi. After him are Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Stanislaus Hosius, Vicente Juan Masip, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and Simão Rodrigues.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Staden ranks 1,718 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), Friedrich Kellner (1885), Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), and Franz Hössler (1906). After him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Georg Ebers (1837), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785), Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888), and Albert Lortzing (1801).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Hans Staden ranks 6. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), Heinrich Barth (1821), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), and Adam Olearius (1603). After him are Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), and Julius Klaproth (1783).

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