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Pedro Reinel

1500 - 1542

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Pedro Reinel (fl. 1485 – 1540) was a Portuguese cartographer. Between 1485 and 1519 Reinel served three Portuguese kings: João II, Manuel I and João III. He and his son, Jorge Reinel, were among the most renowned cartographers of their era, a period when European knowledge of geography and cartography were expanding rapidly. There is some evidence he was of African descent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Reinel is the 58th most popular geographer (down from 53rd in 2019). (down from 2,773rd in 2019)

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Among geographers, Pedro Reinel ranks 58 out of 86. Before him are Inō Tadataka, August Heinrich Petermann, Emmanuel de Martonne, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Guillaume Delisle, and Yves Lacoste. After him are Adolf Stieler, Johannes Gabriel Granö, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Vaclav Smil, Torsten Hägerstrand, and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani.

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Among people born in 1500, Pedro Reinel ranks 45. Before him are Robert de Nola, Luis de Narváez, Caupolicán, Nuno Tristão, Georg Pencz, and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón. After him are Theodore Bibliander, Ambrosius Benson, Lope de Rueda, Corneille de Lyon, Ligier Richier, and Martim Afonso de Sousa. Among people deceased in 1542, Pedro Reinel ranks 21. Before him are Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Diego de Almagro II, Cristóvão da Gama, Juan Boscán Almogáver, Gasparo Contarini, and Philotheus of Pskov. After him is Angelo Beolco.

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