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Lope de Aguirre

1518 - 1561

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Lope de Aguirre (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlope ðe aˈɣire]; 8 November 1510 – 27 October 1561) was a Basque Spanish conquistador who was active in South America. Nicknamed El Loco ("the Madman"), he styled himself "Wrath of God." Aguirre is best known for his final expedition down the Amazon River in search of the mythical golden kingdom of El Dorado and Omagua. In 1561, Aguirre led a mutiny against the expedition's commander, Pedro de Orsúa, and declared his intent to return to Peru and overthrow Spain's colonial government. He drafted a letter that defied the Castilian monarch, King Philip II, by renouncing his Spanish vassalage and declared war upon the Habsburg monarch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lope de Aguirre is the 121st most popular explorer (down from 79th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Spain (down from 258th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Explorer.

Lope de Aguirre is most famous for leading a group of Spanish conquistadors in the search for El Dorado.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Lope de Aguirre ranks 121 out of 498. Before him are Thomas Cavendish, Sacagawea, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Juan de la Cosa, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Calamity Jane. After him are Hugh Glass, Michael Rockefeller, Chris McCandless, George Vancouver, Alvise Cadamosto, and Pedro de Mendoza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1518, Lope de Aguirre ranks 4. Before him are Tintoretto, Antoine of Navarre, and Francis III, Duke of Brittany. After him are Hieronymus Cock, and Sidonie of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1561, Lope de Aguirre ranks 7. Before him are Rüstem Pasha, Şehzade Bayezid, Menno Simons, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Gülfem Hatun, and Matteo Bandello. After him are Sayri Túpac, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Bairam Khan, Claude Garamond, Jan Tarnowski, and Alonso Berruguete.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lope de Aguirre ranks 399 out of 3,355. Before him are José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), Ricardo Bofill (1939), Martin I of Sicily (1374), and Victoria de los Ángeles (1923). After him are Achila II (695), Pedro Sánchez (1972), Henry I of Castile (1204), Sancho I of Pamplona (865), Guti (1976), and Enrique Simonet (1866).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Lope de Aguirre ranks 23. Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), and Juan de la Cosa (1460). After him are Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509).

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