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Pêro da Covilhã

1450 - 1530

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Pêro da Covilhã (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ðɐ kuviˈʎɐ̃]; c. 1460 – after 1526), sometimes written Pero de Covilhã, was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer. He was a native of Covilhã in Beira. In his early life he had gone to Castile and entered the service of Don Juan de Guzmán, brother of Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pêro da Covilhã is the 73rd most popular explorer (up from 151st in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Pêro da Covilhã is most famous for being a Portuguese explorer who discovered the Congo River in 1482.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 73 out of 498. Before him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, William Dampier, Richard E. Byrd, Luís Vaz de Torres, Alonso de Ojeda, and Jules Dumont d'Urville. After him are Willem Schouten, John Smith, Diogo Dias, Ármin Vámbéry, Juan Díaz de Solís, and Xu Fu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 10. Before him are John Cabot, Luca Signorelli, Ibrahim Lodi, Yejong of Joseon, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, and Kara Ahmed Pasha. After him are Martin Schongauer, Gerard David, Diogo Dias, Francisco de Almeida, Zagan Pasha, and Marko Marulić. Among people deceased in 1530, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 6. Before him are Babur, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Andrea del Sarto, Quentin Matsys, and Maximilian Sforza. After him are Joanna la Beltraneja, Thomas Wolsey, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Judah Leon Abravanel, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Properzia de' Rossi.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 72 out of 633. Before him are Álvaro Siza Vieira (1933), Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Jorge Sampaio (1939), Uriel da Costa (1585), and Isaac Abarbanel (1437). After him are Carmen Miranda (1909), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Jorge Jesus (1954), Diogo Dias (1450), Antonio Damasio (1944), and Viriathus (-180).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Pêro da Covilhã ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), and Diogo Cão (1440). After him are Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), and Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509).

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