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 â 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 â Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (died 1566)[2]
Deaths
- July 29 â Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (born 1459)