# Joos van Ghistele

> Joos van Ghistele was a Flemish nobleman who spent four years (1481-1485) travelling around in the Middle East and southern Europe, including Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Tunisia, the Levant, Egypt and the Red Sea all the way down to Aden.

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**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joos-van-ghistele

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1446
- **Died:** 1516-09-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joos van Ghistele was a Flemish nobleman who spent four years (1481-1485) travelling around in the Middle East and southern Europe, including Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Tunisia, the Levant, Egypt and the Red Sea all the way down to Aden.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 41.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 43.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Joos van Ghistele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joos_van_Ghistele)
- [Josse de Ghistelles](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josse_de_Ghistelles)
- [Joos van Ghistele](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joos_van_Ghistele)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2527553)

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