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1509 in science

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The year 1509 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Exploration

September 11 – Diogo Lopes de Sequeira reaches Malacca, having crossed the Gulf of Bengal.

Geology

September 10 – Constantinople earthquake.

Mathematics

June 11 – Luca Pacioli's De divina proportione, concerning the golden ratio, is published in Venice, with illustrations by Leonardo da Vinci.

Births

Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and natural scientist (died 1588)
possible date – Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (k. 1573)

Deaths

Juan de la Cosa, Spanish explorer and cartographer (b. c. 1460)

References

Ambraseys, N. N.. (December 2001). "The Earthquake of 1509 in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey, Revisited".

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