1514 in science

The year 1514 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Events

• June 13 – Henry Grace à Dieu , at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated. ^{[1] [2]}
• The following are established at the Cortile del Belvedere in the Apostolic Palace in Rome under the patronage of Pope Leo X:
  • Leonardo da Vinci, who concentrates on scientific research.
  • Hanno, a white Asian elephant, a gift from King Manuel I of Portugal, which is drawn by Raphael.
• Johannes Werner publishes his translation of Ptolemy's Geography , Nova Translatio Primi Libri Geographicae Cl. Ptolomaei, containing the Werner map projection and proposing use of the cross-staff for marine navigation. ^[3]

Births

• February 16 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, cartographer and scientific instrument maker (died 1574)
• December 31 – Vesalius, Brabantian anatomist "the father of modern anatomy" (died 1564)
• Francisco Hernández de Toledo, physician and botanist (died 1587)

Deaths

• August 12 – Bartholomew Columbus, Italian navigator (born 1461). ^[4]
• November 28 – Hartmann Schedel, cartographer (born 1440)

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 139–142. ISBN   0-7126-5616-2.
2. Paine, Lincoln P. (1997). Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN   0-85177-739-2.
3. May, William Edward (1973). A History of Marine Navigation. Henley: Foulis. ISBN   978-0-85429-143-4.
4. Nuti, Giovanni (1982). "COLOMBO, Bartolomeo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 27.