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1513 in science

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The year 1513 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Exploration and cartography

  • March 27 – Juan Ponce de León becomes the first European definitely known to sight the modern-day territory of the United States, specifically Florida, mistaking it for another island. His expedition lands on April 2.
  • May – Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares lands on Lintin Island in the Pearl River estuary.
  • September 26 – Vasco Núñez de Balboa, "silent upon a peak in Darién", first sees what will become known as the Pacific Ocean.
  • Portuguese land on Ambon Island.
  • Piri Reis map compiled.
  • Publication in Oppenheim of Johannes Stöffler's treatise on the construction and use of astrolabes, Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii.

Physiology and medicine

  • Eucharius Rösslin publishes Der Rosengarten, an obstetrics manual primarily for midwives written in German which will be widely translated and circulated in Europe.

Births

  • Jacques Daléchamps, French physician and botanist (died 1588)

Deaths

  • Ibn Ghazi al-Miknasi, Moroccan scholar and mathematician (born 1437)
  • Hua Sui, Chinese pioneer of metal movable type printing (born 1439)

References

References

  1. Grun, Bernard. (1991). "The Timetables of History". Simon & Schuster.
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