Trending Explorers in Spain this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia (Spain). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hernán Cortés.
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23,252
Total Views (this month)
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Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
2,652
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2
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
2,427
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3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
1,263
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4
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,032
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5
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
691
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6
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
531
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7
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
512
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8
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer of the New World
469
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9
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
447
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10
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero
421
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11
Juan de la Cosa
Basque navigator from Castile,
380
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12
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
360
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13
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
349
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14
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
339
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15
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
323
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16
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
312
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17
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
308
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18
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
275
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19
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
274
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views
20
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
274
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21
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
266
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22
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
264
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23
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
238
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24
Lope de Aguirre
Basque Spanish conquistador
236
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25
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Spanish conquistador
233
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26
Peter Freuchen
Danish writer, explorer and anthropologist (1886-1957)
230
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views
27
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
229
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28
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
221
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29
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
216
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30
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
200
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31
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
196
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32
Gonzalo Guerrero
Spanish explorer
181
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33
Antonio de Mendoza
Spanish colonial administrator
179
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34
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
177
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35
Álvaro de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada
Spanish Explorer; Sportsman; Entrepreneur and Lecturer
172
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36
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
170
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37
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
168
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38
Fiann Paul
Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist
162
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39
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
148
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40
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
143
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41
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
140
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42
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
140
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43
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
founder of Bogotá
140
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44
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
139
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45
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
136
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46
Túpac Inca Yupanqui
12th Inca Emperor
136
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47
Jesús Calleja
Spanish television presenter, explorer and mountaineer
133
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48
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
131
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49
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
130
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50
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
128
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views
51
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
128
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52
Alonso de Ojeda
Spanish navigator and governor
125
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53
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
122
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54
Inés Suárez
Spanish conquistador and soldier
115
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55
Miguel Serrano
Chilean diplomat, nazi and Holocaust denier (1917-2009)
115
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56
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
109
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views
57
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
106
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58
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
99
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59
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
99
views
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60
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
97
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61
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
96
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62
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
96
views
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63
Juan de Garay
Spanish conquistador
96
views
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64
Antonio
Basque explorer, adventurer, soldier, explorer, memorialist, authorized by Pope Urban VIII to dress like a man
93
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65
Pedro Cieza de León
Spanish conquistador
92
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66
Nuño de Guzmán
Spanish conqueror
89
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views
67
Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar
Spanish governor of Cuba
89
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68
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
88
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69
Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel
Spanish explorer and helicopter pilot
85
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70
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer and conquistador
85
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71
Jerónimo de Aguilar
Friar, conquistador
83
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72
Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish explorer, colonial governors
82
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73
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas
81
views
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74
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
81
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75
Rafael Reyes
President of Colombia, 1904-1909
81
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76
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish conquistador
81
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views
77
Miguel López de Legazpi
16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor
81
views
views
78
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
79
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views
79
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
79
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80
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
79
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81
Junípero Serra
Christian missionary
77
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82
Domingo Martínez de Irala
Spanish conquistador
77
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83
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
76
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84
Andrés de Urdaneta
Spanish Basque explorer
75
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views
85
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Spanish conquistador
74
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86
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
74
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views
87
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
73
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views
88
Rodrigo de Triana
Spanish explorer born in the Andalusian province of Huelva, in the Town of Lepe.
71
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89
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
71
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90
Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca
Spanish noble, son of Hernán Cortes (1532-1589)
71
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91
Francisco de Orellana
Spanish explorer and conquistador
70
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92
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)
68
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93
Pedro de Heredia
Spanish conquistador (1505-1554)
67
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94
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
67
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95
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
fictional character from Assassin's Creed
66
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96
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
66
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97
Juan Díaz de Solís
16th Century navigator and explorer
65
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98
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
65
views
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99
Ed Stafford
English explorer (born 1975)
64
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100
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer of the American southwest
63
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