1542 in science
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The year 1542 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Botany
- Leonhart Fuchs publishes his new herbal De historia stirpium commentarii insignes in Basel.
Exploration
- Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo explores the coast of California.
Physiology and medicine
- Jean Fernel publishes De naturali parte medicinae, presenting human physiology as integral to the study of medicine.[1]
Births
- approx. date â Peder Sørensen, Danish physician (died 1602)
Deaths
- August â Peter Henlein, Nuremberg watchmaker (born 1479/80)