1532_in_science
1532 in science
Overview of the events of 1532 in science
The year 1532 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
- Petrus Apianus publishes at Ingolstadt Ein Bericht der Kurtzer Observation unnd urtels des Jűngst erschinnen Cometen (on his observations of comets) and Quadrans astronomicus Apiani (on the astronomical quadrant).
- Otto Brunfels publishes a book of herbs.[1]
- Sugar cane first cultivated in Brazil.[1]
- Gherardo Cibo begins his herbarium, the oldest still surviving.[2]
- Jacob Ziegler publishes his principal geographical treatise, Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg.[3]
- John Hawkins, English navigator (died 1595)
- Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (died 1592)
- Diego de Ordaz, Spanish explorer (born 1480)
- Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 237. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
- "Erbario Cibo" (in Italian). 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2019-07-04.