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Sebastián Vizcaíno

1548 - 1624

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Sebastián Vizcaíno (c. 1548 – 1624) was a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him to New Spain, the Baja California peninsula, the California coast and Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sebastián Vizcaíno is the 346th most popular explorer (down from 310th in 2019), the 1,237th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,148th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sebastián Vizcaíno ranks 346 out of 498. Before him are Georg August Wallin, Louis de Freycinet, Alexander Gordon Laing, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Yuri Lisyansky, and Hugh Clapperton. After him are Domingo Martínez de Irala, Paweł Strzelecki, Juan de Oñate, Florence Baker, Alexander Dalrymple, and Robert Hermann Schomburgk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Sebastián Vizcaíno ranks 15. Before him are Bianca Cappello, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, Fatma Sultan, Antonio Priuli, and Giulio Cesare Polerio. After him are Cornelis Ketel, and Malik Ambar. Among people deceased in 1624, Sebastián Vizcaíno ranks 14. Before him are Fukushima Masanori, Ketevan the Martyr, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Juan de Mariana, and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech. After him are Francesco Contarini, Vicente Espinel, and Thomas van Erpe.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Sebastián Vizcaíno ranks 1,237 out of 3,355. Before him are Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831), Fernando Llorente (1985), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Paz Vega (1976), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), and Javier Cercas (1962). After him are Kiti Mánver (1953), Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Ricardo Blázquez (1942), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), and Émile Henry (1872).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Sebastián Vizcaíno ranks 50. Before him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), Pedro Tafur (1410), Félix de Azara (1742), and Pascual de Andagoya (1495). After him are 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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