1533 in science

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The year 1533 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Botany 3 Exploration 4 History of science 5 Mathematics 6 Technology 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References

Astronomy

• Petrus Apianus publishes at Ingolstadt Apiani Horoscopion (on the solar quadrant) and Buch Instrument (on astronomical instruments).

Botany

• Rembert Dodoens publishes his Herbarium.

Exploration

• October 30 - The Concepción and San Lázaro, on the instruction of Hernan Cortés, leave Manzanillo to explore the Pacific Ocean.
• Fortún Ximénez is the first European known to land in Baja California (where he is killed by natives).

History of science

• Georgius Agricola publishes De Mensuis et Ponderibus on the weights and measures of Classical antiquity.

Mathematics

• Gemma Frisius publishes De Locorum describendorum ratione at Anvers, containing the first known statement of the principles of triangulation and a means for determining longitude.

Technology

• Antonio da Sangallo the Younger constructs the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, considered as a model in bastion fortress design.^[1]

Births

• August 2 - Theodor Zwinger the elder, Swiss philosopher, physician and encyclopedist (d. 1588)
• Approx. date
  • Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, French scientific illustrator (d. 1588)
  • Friedrich Risner, German mathematician (d. 1580)
  • Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Dutch nautical chartmaker (d. 1606)

Deaths

• May 31 - Ambrosius Ehinger, Bavarian explorer of South America (b. c.1500)
• August 16 - Diogo Ribeiro, Portuguese-Spanish cartographer and explorer (b. unknown)
• Johannes Ruysch, cartographer (b. c.1460?)

References