1539 in science
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The year 1539 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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.[1]
Exploration
- May 30 – Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay, Florida.[1]
- 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.[2]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 241. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
- ↑ Grendler, Paul F. (2004). The Universities of the Italian Renaissance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 341–342.