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Pascual de Andagoya

1495 - 1548

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Pascual de Andagoya (1495–1548) was a Spanish Basque conquistador. He was born in the village of Andagoya, in the valley of Cuartango (Álava), in Spain. As often happened at the time, Andagoya left as an explorer of the New World at a very young age of 19, on April 11, 1514, under the command of Pedro Arias de Ávila. The expedition left carrying an army of over 2,000 in 22 ships, with the objective of colonizing Central America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pascual de Andagoya is the 337th most popular explorer (up from 351st in 2019), the 1,205th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,309th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pascual de Andagoya ranks 337 out of 498. Before him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Boris Vilkitsky, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Irina Solovyova, and Khariton Laptev. After him are Martim Afonso de Sousa, Meriwether Lewis, Georg August Wallin, Louis de Freycinet, Alexander Gordon Laing, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Pascual de Andagoya ranks 16. Before him are Luigi Alamanni, Giampietrino, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, Marcin Bielski, Nicolas Gombert, and Melchior Hoffman.  Among people deceased in 1548, Pascual de Andagoya ranks 7. Before him are Catherine Parr, Sigismund I the Old, Juan Diego, Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan de Zumárraga, and Girolamo Savoldo. After him are João de Castro, and Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pascual de Andagoya ranks 1,205 out of 3,355. Before him are Luis Mariano (1914), Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (1884), Pruden (1916), Marcos Alonso (1990), Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526), and Soledad Miranda (1943). After him are Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (1783), Sabicas (1912), José Celestino Mutis (1732), Ana Belén (1951), Eusebio Sacristán (1964), and Marcelino García Toral (1965).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pascual de Andagoya ranks 49. Before him are Juan Fernández (1536), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), Pedro Tafur (1410), and Félix de Azara (1742). After him are Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Francisco de Ulloa (1501), García López de Cárdenas (1500), Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (1494), and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1478).

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