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.[1]
- May – Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares lands on Lintin Island in the Pearl River estuary.[1]
- September 26 – Vasco Núñez de Balboa, "silent upon a peak in Darién", first sees what will become known as the Pacific Ocean.[1]
- 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
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