1507 in science
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The year 1507 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Cartography
- April 25 – Martin Waldseemüller publishes Cosmographiae Introductio ("Introduction to Universal Cosmography", probably written by Matthias Ringmann) and accompanying wall map, the first to show and name the Americas as a separate continent.
- Johannes Ruysch's map of the world is first published in editions of Ptolemy's Geography produced in Rome.[1]
Births
- September 27 – Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (died 1566)[2]
Deaths
- July 29 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (born 1459)
References
- ^ McGuirk, Donald L. Jr. (1989). "Ruysch World Map: Census and Commentary". Imago Mundi. 41: 133–141. doi:10.1080/03085698908592674.
- ^ Damkaer, David M. (2002). The Copepodologist's Cabinet: a biographical and bibliographical history, Volume 1. American Philosophical Society. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5.