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Juan de Fuca

1536 - 1602

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Juan de Fuca (10 June 1536 – 23 July 1602) was a Greek sailor who served Philip II of Spain. He is best known for his claim to have explored the Strait of Anián—now known as the Strait of Juan de Fuca—between Vancouver Island (now part of British Columbia, Canada) and the Olympic Peninsula (northwestern Washington state in the United States). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Fuca is the 320th most popular explorer (up from 365th in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Greece (up from 691st in 2019) and the most popular Greek Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de Fuca ranks 320 out of 498. Before him are Isidore of Charax, Louis Jolliet, Snorri Thorfinnsson, John C. Frémont, Peter Freuchen, and Eduard von Toll. After him are Helmer Hanssen, Henricus Martellus Germanus, João Fernandes Lavrador, Semyon Chelyuskin, Theodor Kotschy, and Hermann Wissmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Juan de Fuca ranks 18. Before him are Leonardo Donato, Balthasar Russow, Juan Fernández, Marcantonio Memmo, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, and Juan de Mariana. After him are Konoe Sakihisa, Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Caspar Olevian, and Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Among people deceased in 1602, Juan de Fuca ranks 13. Before him are Kobayakawa Hideaki, Ii Naomasa, Li Zhi, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Thomas Morley, and Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Caspar Peucer, and Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Juan de Fuca ranks 613 out of 1,024. Before him are Diocles of Carystus (-400), Francesco Barozzi (1537), Doryssus (null), Ioannis Rallis (1878), Ioannis Alevras (1912), and Athanasius III of Constantinople (1597). After him are Tzannis Tzannetakis (1928), Peter the Patrician (500), Demetrius of Montferrat (1205), Spyridon Athanasopoulos (1900), Theodoros Zagorakis (1971), and Petros Protopapadakis (1854).

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Among EXPLORERS In Greece

Among explorers born in Greece, Juan de Fuca ranks 1. After him are Androsthenes of Thasos (-400).

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