The year 1532 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
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Astronomy
edit- 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).
Botany
edit- 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]
Geography
edit- Jacob Ziegler publishes his principal geographical treatise, Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg.[3]
Births
edit- John Hawkins, English navigator (died 1595)
- Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (died 1592)
Deaths
edit- Diego de Ordaz, Spanish explorer (born 1480)
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Schottenloher, Karl (1910). Jacob Ziegler aus Landau an der Isar. Münster.
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