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Juan de Oñate

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Juan de Oñate

Juan de Oñate y Salazar (Spanish: [ˈxwan de‿oˈɲate] ; 1550–1626) was a Spanish conquistador, explorer and viceroy of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain, in the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico. He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley, encountering numerous indigenous tribes in their homelands there. Oñate founded settlements in the province, now in the Southwestern United States. Oñate is notorious for the 1599 Ácoma Massacre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Oñate is the 349th most popular explorer (up from 370th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 215th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de Oñate ranks 349 out of 498. Before him are Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Yuri Lisyansky, Hugh Clapperton, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Paweł Strzelecki. After him are Florence Baker, Alexander Dalrymple, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Pyotr Anjou, Carl Peters, and Humphrey Gilbert.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
1879 - 1962
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 343
Yuri Lisyansky
1773 - 1837
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 344
Hugh Clapperton
1788 - 1827
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 345
Sebastián Vizcaíno
1548 - 1624
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 346
Domingo Martínez de Irala
1509 - 1556
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 347
Paweł Strzelecki
1797 - 1873
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 348
Juan de Oñate
1550 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 349
Florence Baker
1841 - 1916
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 350
Alexander Dalrymple
1737 - 1808
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 351
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
1804 - 1865
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 352
Pyotr Anjou
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 353
Carl Peters
1856 - 1918
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 354
Humphrey Gilbert
1539 - 1583
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 355

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Juan de Oñate ranks 30. Before him are Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Francisco Sanches, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, Orazio Vecchi, Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, and Man Singh I. After him is Vicente Espinel.

Others Born in 1550

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Marie Eleonore of Cleves
POLITICIAN
1550 - 1608
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 24
Francisco Sanches
PHILOSOPHER
1550 - 1623
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 25
Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi
POLITICIAN
1550 - 1578
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 26
Orazio Vecchi
COMPOSER
1550 - 1605
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 27
Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha
POLITICIAN
1550 - 1606
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 28
Man Singh I
POLITICIAN
1550 - 1614
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 29
Juan de Oñate
EXPLORER
1550 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 30
Vicente Espinel
WRITER
1550 - 1624
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 31