1539 in science

none thumb | right | “Marine map and Description of the Northern Lands and of their Marvels, most carefully drawn up at Venice in the year 1539 through the generous assistance of the Most Honourable Lord Hieronymo Quirino.” 1539 science 1539 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.Bernard Grun The Timetables of History 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 0-671-74919-6 241 registration https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun Exploration May 30 – Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay, Florida. 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.Paul F. Grendler The Universities of the Italian Renaissance Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2004 341–342 9780801880551 https://books.google.com/books?id=65e7Xd9a-PgC&dq=%22Giovanni+Battista+da+Monte%22&pg=PA341 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 Category:1539 Category:16th century in science Category:1530s in science