1539 in science

Botany

• Hieronymus Bock publishes the first edition of his flora of Germany, the Kreutterbuch, adopting a new system of classification based on his observations.

Cartography

• Olaus Magnus publishes his Carta marina in Italy, the first detailed map of Scandinavia.

Exploration

• May 30 – Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay, Florida.
• August–September – Francisco de Ulloa explores the Gulf of California.

Medicine

• Johannes Baptista Montanus is appointed professor of medicine at the University of Padua where he introduces clinical medicine, including bedside examination, into the curriculum, integrating theory and practice.

Births

• September/October – José de Acosta, naturalist (died 1600)
• exact date unknown – Olivier de Serres, soil scientist (died 1619)

Deaths

• August – Vannoccio Biringuccio, Italian metallurgist (born 1480)

References

References

1. Grun, Bernard. (1991). "The Timetables of History". Simon & Schuster.
2. Grendler, Paul F.. (2004). "The Universities of the Italian Renaissance". Johns Hopkins University Press.