1514 in science
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The year 1514 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Events
- June 13 â Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.[1][2]
- The following are established at the Cortile del Belvedere in the Apostolic Palace in Rome under the patronage of Pope Leo X:
- Leonardo da Vinci, who concentrates on scientific research.
- Hanno, a white Asian elephant, a gift from King Manuel I of Portugal, which is drawn by Raphael.
- Johannes Werner publishes his translation of Ptolemy's Geography, Nova Translatio Primi Libri Geographicae Cl. Ptolomaei, containing the Werner map projection and proposing use of the cross-staff for marine navigation.[3]
Births
- February 16 â Georg Joachim Rheticus, cartographer and scientific instrument maker (died 1574)
- December 31 â Vesalius, Brabantian anatomist "the father of modern anatomy" (died 1564)
- Francisco Hernández de Toledo, physician and botanist (died 1587)
Deaths
- August 12 â Bartholomew Columbus, Italian navigator (born 1461).[4]
- November 28 â Hartmann Schedel, cartographer (born 1440)