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Nuno Tristão

1500 - 1446

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Nuno Tristão was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and slave trader, active in the early 1440s, traditionally thought to be the first European to reach the region of Guinea. Legend has it that he sailed as far as Guinea-Bissau, however, more recent historians believe he did not go beyond the Gambia River. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nuno Tristão is the 286th most popular explorer (down from 222nd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 210th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nuno Tristão ranks 286 out of 498. Before him are Pierre Poivre, Willem de Vlamingh, Estêvão Gomes, Ludwig Leichhardt, Freya Stark, and Ivan Papanin. After him are Francis Younghusband, Jim Bridger, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Anthony Jenkinson, Eusebio Kino, and Roy Chapman Andrews.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Nuno Tristão ranks 42. Before him are Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Gómez Pereira, Robert de Nola, Luis de Narváez, and Caupolicán. After him are Georg Pencz, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Pedro Reinel, Theodore Bibliander, Ambrosius Benson, and Lope de Rueda. Among people deceased in 1446, Nuno Tristão ranks 6. Before him are Konrad Witz, Antipope Clement VIII, Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais, Louis, Count of Vendôme, and Vittorino da Feltre. After him is Vakhtang IV of Georgia.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Nuno Tristão ranks 258 out of 633. Before him are Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Damião de Góis (1502), James of Portugal (1433), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), and John of Biclaro (540). After him are Francisco Lázaro (1891), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), Maria Severa Onofriana (1820), Humberto Coelho (1950), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), and Jorge Mendes (1966).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Nuno Tristão ranks 29. Before him are Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Francisco Serrão (1500), Bento de Góis (1562), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), and Estêvão Gomes (1484). After him are João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), Miguel Corte-Real (1448), and Fernão de Loronha (1470).

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