1513 in science

none 1513 science 1513 The year 1513 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Exploration and cartography March 27 – Juan Ponce de León becomes the first European definitely known to sight the modern-day territory of the United States, specifically Florida, mistaking it for another island. His expedition lands on April 2.Bernard Grun The Timetables of History 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 0-671-74919-6 229 registration https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun May – Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares lands on Lintin Island in the Pearl River estuary. September 26 – Vasco Núñez de Balboa, "silent upon a peak in Darién", first sees what will become known as the Pacific Ocean. Portuguese land on Ambon Island. Piri Reis map compiled. Publication in Oppenheim of Johannes Stöffler's treatise on the construction and use of astrolabes, la Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii. Physiology and medicine Eucharius Rösslin publishes de Der Rosengarten, an obstetrics manual primarily for midwives written in German which will be widely translated and circulated in Europe. Births Jacques Daléchamps, French physician and botanist (died 1588) Deaths Ibn Ghazi al-Miknasi, Moroccan scholar and mathematician (born 1437) Hua Sui, Chinese pioneer of metal movable type printing (born 1439) References Category:1513 Category:16th century in science Category:1510s in science