1501 in science
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The year 1501 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
Astronomy
- Nilakantha Somayaji completes his astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha.
- Amerigo Vespucci maps the two stars Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, as well as the stars of the constellation Crux, which are below the horizon in Europe.
Exploration
- March 25 â Portuguese navigator João da Nova probably discovers Ascension Island.[1]
- November 1 (All Saints) â Amerigo Vespucci discovers and names BaÃa de Todos os Santos in Brazil.[2]
- Gaspar Corte-Real makes the first known landing in North America by a Western European explorer this millennium.[3]
- Rodrigo de Bastidas becomes the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama.[3]
Medicine
Births
- January 17 â Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (died 1566)
- March 23 â Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian physician and botanist (died 1577)
- September 24 â Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician and physician (died 1576)
- approx. date â Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Sephardi Jewish physician (died 1568)
Deaths
- presumed date â Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (born 1450)