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Martim Afonso de Sousa

1500 - 1564

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Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martim Afonso de Sousa is the 338th most popular explorer (down from 325th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 280th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Martim Afonso de Sousa ranks 338 out of 498. Before him are Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Boris Vilkitsky, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Irina Solovyova, Khariton Laptev, and Pascual de Andagoya. After him are Meriwether Lewis, Georg August Wallin, Louis de Freycinet, Alexander Gordon Laing, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Yuri Lisyansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Martim Afonso de Sousa ranks 51. Before him are Pedro Reinel, Theodore Bibliander, Ambrosius Benson, Lope de Rueda, Corneille de Lyon, and Ligier Richier. After him are Leonardo III Tocco, Joachim Camerarius, João de Castro, García López de Cárdenas, Álvaro Fernandes, and Nicholas Ridley. Among people deceased in 1564, Martim Afonso de Sousa ranks 13. Before him are Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Éléonore de Roye, and Theodore Bibliander. After him is Maurice Scève.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Martim Afonso de Sousa ranks 295 out of 633. Before him are Hilário (1975), Maniche (1977), José Peseiro (1960), Alberto Festa (1939), António Manoel de Vilhena (1663), and Ricardo Costa (1981). After him are Simão Rodrigues (1510), José Malhoa (1855), Walther Katzenstein (1878), Pedro Passos Coelho (1964), Dulce Pontes (1969), and António Ribeiro (1928).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Martim Afonso de Sousa ranks 32. Before him are Bento de Góis (1562), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Nuno Tristão (1500), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), and Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400). After him are Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), Miguel Corte-Real (1448), Fernão de Loronha (1470), Lourenço de Almeida (1480), and George Grey (1812).

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