# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pedro-de-medina
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:45:54.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pedro-de-medina"
name: "Pedro de Medina"
slug: "pedro-de-medina"
description: "Pedro de Medina was a Spanish cartographer and author of navigational texts. His well-known Arte de navegar was the first work published in Spain dealing exclusively with navigational techniques."
tagline: "Spanish cartographer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Balestilha-pedro-medina-1563.jpg/330px-Balestilha-pedro-medina-1563.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1493"
deathDate: "1567"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.19
  momentum:             1.487603305785124
  historical:           8.743341333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بيدرو دي ميدينا"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro de Medina"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Medina"
    title: "Pedro de Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Medina"
    title: "Pedro de Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Medina"
    title: "Pedro de Medina"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Medina"
    title: "Pedro de Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Medina"
    title: "Pedro de Medina"
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    title: "Pedro de Medina"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump