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Pedro de Mendoza

1487 - 1537

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Pedro de Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe menˈdoθa]) (c. 1487 – June 23, 1537) was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first adelantado of New Andalusia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro de Mendoza is the 127th most popular explorer (down from 122nd in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Spain (up from 452nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro de Mendoza ranks 127 out of 498. Before him are Lope de Aguirre, Hugh Glass, Michael Rockefeller, Chris McCandless, George Vancouver, and Alvise Cadamosto. After him are Pánfilo de Narváez, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Juan de Grijalva, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Mary Kingsley, and Frederick Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Pedro de Mendoza ranks 4. Before him are Pope Julius III, Ismail I, and John Zápolya. After him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Bernard van Orley, Michael Stifel, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Anna of Brandenburg, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Petru Rareș, and Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1537, Pedro de Mendoza ranks 8. Before him are Madeleine of Valois, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Lorenzo di Credi, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, and Gerolamo Emiliani. After him are Jörg Breu the Elder, Lempira, and Thomas Murner.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro de Mendoza ranks 421 out of 3,355. Before him are Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945), García II of Galicia (1042), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Priscillian (340), and Lorenzo Sanz (1943). After him are García Sánchez I of Pamplona (919), Sancho VII of Navarre (1154), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Quini (1949), Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848), and Josep Samitier (1902).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro de Mendoza ranks 24. Before him are Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Juan de la Cosa (1460), and Lope de Aguirre (1518). After him are Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), and Rodrigo de Triana (1469).

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