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Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

1532 - 1592

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Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532–1592) was a Spanish adventurer, author, historian, mathematician, and astronomer. He was named the governor of the Strait of Magellan by King Philip II in 1580. His birthplace is not certain and may have been Pontevedra, in Galicia, where his paternal family originated, or Alcalá de Henares in Castile, where he later is known to have studied . His birth year is also uncertain however it is believed that he was born between 1530 and 1532. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa is the 1,808th most popular writer (up from 2,170th in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 749th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 1,808 out of 7,302. Before him are Augusto Boal, Ion Luca Caragiale, Eduard Mörike, Stephen Crane, Minamoto no Sanetomo, and Paul Goodman. After him are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Pierre Reverdy, Theodore I, Anna Leonowens, Ted Hughes, and Mary of Jesus of Ágreda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 9. Before him are Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Yermak Timofeyevich, Maerten de Vos, Francis Walsingham, Luís Fróis, and Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony. After him are William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Menocchio, Étienne Jodelle, Alphonsus Rodriguez, and Archduchess Magdalena of Austria. Among people deceased in 1592, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 11. Before him are Jacopo Bassano, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hümaşah Sultan, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq. After him are William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Paschal Baylón, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 622 out of 3,355. Before him are Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851), Aelia Flaccilla (356), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828), Víctor Erice (1940), and Hermenegild (564). After him are Luis de Morales (1509), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Muhammad IV of Granada (1315), Carlos Arias Navarro (1908), Luis Molowny (1925), and Bernard of Septimania (795).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ranks 61. Before him are Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Mateo Alemán (1547), Caterina Albert (1869), Josep Pla (1897), and Fernando Arrabal (1932). After him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Abbot Oliba (971), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), Alonso de Ercilla (1533), Luis de León (1527), and Miguel Hernández (1910).

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