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Juan Fernández

1536 - 1604

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Juan Fernández (c. 1536 – c. 1604) was a Spanish explorer and navigator in the Pacific regions of the Viceroyalty of Peru and Captaincy General of Chile west of colonial South America. He is best known for the discovery of a fast maritime route from Callao (Peru) to Valparaíso (Chile) as well as for the discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Fernández is the 270th most popular explorer (up from 352nd in 2019), the 981st most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,310th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan Fernández ranks 270 out of 498. Before him are Ada Blackjack, Adolf Lüderitz, Jedediah Smith, Man of the Hole, Francisco Moreno, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia. After him are Hjalmar Johansen, Aleksei Chirikov, Pyotr Kozlov, Grigory Shelikhov, Charles Wilkes, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Juan Fernández ranks 14. Before him are Piotr Skarga, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Lucia Anguissola, Ignazio Danti, Leonardo Donato, and Balthasar Russow. After him are Marcantonio Memmo, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Juan de Mariana, Juan de Fuca, Konoe Sakihisa, and Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1604, Juan Fernández ranks 9. Before him are Fausto Sozzini, Claudio Merulo, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Christine of Hesse. After him are Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Hamida Banu Begum, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg, Francesco Barozzi, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Isabella Andreini.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Fernández ranks 981 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro González de Mendoza (1428), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), Ibn Hayyan (987), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Gómez Pereira (1500), and Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926). After him are Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Lola Anglada (1892), Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), Gaspar Cassadó (1897), Santiago Casares Quiroga (1884), and Muhammad VII of Granada (1370).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan Fernández ranks 43. Before him are Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Juan de Garay (1528), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), and Rodrigo de Jerez (1350). After him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), Pedro Tafur (1410), Félix de Azara (1742), and Pascual de Andagoya (1495).

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