1606 in science

none 1606 science 1606 thumb|right|Frontispiece of the book Regimiento de Navegación by Andrés García os Céspedes, published in 1606. The year 1606 in science and technology involved some significant events. Cryptography The cryptographic text Steganographia, written by Johannes Trithemius c.1499/1500, is published in Frankfurt. Exploration February 26 Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon makes the first confirmed sighting of Australia by a European. Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the Pitcairn Islands. March – The Dutch ship Duyfken, under Captain Willem Janszoon, explores the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.McHugh Evan 1606: An Epic Adventure Sydney University of New South Wales Press 2006 20 978-0-86840-866-8 May – Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the islands of Vanuatu; believing them to be Australia, he names them es La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo.Richardson William A. R. Was Australia Charted Before 1606: the Jave la Grande Inscriptions Australia Everbest 2008 20 October – Luís Vaz de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait. Mathematics Giovanni Antonio Magini devises trigonometric tables of high accuracy. Physics Approx. date – Galileo invents a thermometer based on the expansion of gas.Drake Stillman Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography Mineola, NY Dover 2003 121 Technology The first recorded instance of a bayonet published in the Chinese military treatise Binglu zh 兵录. Births January 4 (bapt.) – Edmund Castell, English orientalist (died 1685) Deaths September 28 – Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and scientist (born 1547) November 13 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and historian (born 1530) Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Dutch nautical chart maker (born 1533/4) References Category:1606 Category:17th century in science Category:1600s in science