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1598 in science

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The year 1598 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

May – Tycho Brahe's star catalogue Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica, listing the positions of 1,004 stars, is published.

Exploration

Spanish prospectors discover the Ojuela Mine.

Zoology

Autumn – After being separated from the main Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia fleet of Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck, three ships under Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck land on the island which they name Mauritius and sight the dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus); it will become extinct around 1681.

Births

April 17 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (died 1671)

Deaths

June – Emery Molyneux, English-born maker of globes and scientific instruments
October 11 – Joachim Camerarius the Younger, German physician and botanist (born 1534)
Roch Le Baillif, French physician (born 1540)

References

Pickering, Jane. (2010). "The Oxford Dodo: the sad story of the ungainly bird that became an Oxford icon". [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]].

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