1594 in science
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The year 1594 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Botany
- Tulip bulbs planted by Carolus Clusius in the Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Holland, first flower.
Exploration
- First voyage of Willem Barents in the Arctic Ocean in search of the North-east passage.
- John Davis publishes a treatise on navigation, The Seamans Secrets, and invents a version of the backstaff.
- Robert Hues publishes a practical treatise on the use of terrestrial and celestial globes in navigation, Tractatus de globis et eorum usu.
Medicine
- Anatomical theatre completed at the University of Padua.
Technology
- Bevis Bulmer sets up a system at Blackfriars, London, for pumping a public water supply.[1]
Births
Deaths
- June 7 - Rodrigo Lopez, physician to Queen Elizabeth of England.
- Cristóbal Acosta, physician.
References
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