1606 in science
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The year 1606 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Exploration
- March - The Duke of York's ship Duyfken, under Captain Willem Janszoon, explores the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.[1]
- May - Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the islands of Vanuatu; believing them to be Australia, he names them La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo.[2]
- October - Luís Vaz de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
[edit] Mathematics
- Giovanni Antonio Magini devises trigonometric tables of high accuracy.
[edit] Physics
- Approx. date - Galileo invents a thermometer based on the expansion of gas.[3]
[edit] Births
- January 4 (bapt.) - Edmund Castell, English orientalist (d. 1685)
[edit] Deaths
- September 28 - Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and scientist (b. 1547)
- November 13 - Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and historian (b. 1530)
- Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Dutch nautical chartmaker (b. 1533/4)
[edit] References
- ^ McHugh, Evan (2006). 1606: An Epic Adventure. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780868408668.
- ^ Richardson, William A. R. (2008). Was Australia Charted Before 1606: the Jave la Grande Inscriptions. Australia: Everbest. p. 20.
- ^ Drake, Stillman (2003). Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Mineola, NY: Dover. p. 121.
