1524 in science

none thumb|Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator died on December 24th, 1524 1524 science 1524 The year 1524 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Exploration and geography January 17 – Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, on board La Dauphine in the service of Francis I of France, sets out from Madeira for the New World to seek out a westabout sea route to the Pacific Ocean. March 1 (approximate date) – da Verrazzano's expedition makes landfall at Cape Fear. April 17 – da Verrazzano's expedition makes the first European entry into New York Bay.https://books.google.com/books?id=kpMGlc-cvAoC&q=%22La+Dauphine%22+verrazano&pg=PA37 Paine Lincoln P. Ships of Discovery and Exploration New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2000 0-395-98415-7 37Bernard Grun The Timetables of History 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 0-671-74919-6 235 registration https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun July 8 – da Verrazzano's expedition returns to Dieppe. Petrus Apianus publishes Cosmographicus liber in Landshut, a popular textbook on navigation. Mathematics Adam Ries publishes his algebraic text Coß. Births September 7 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (died 1583) probable date – Thomas Tusser, English chorister and agriculturalist (died 1580) Deaths August 28 – Fazio Cardano, Italian mathematician (born 1444) December 20 – Thomas Linacre, English physician (born 1460) December 24 – Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator (born c. 1469) References Category:1524 Category:16th century in science Category:1520s in science