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* June 13 – ''[[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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=139–142|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Lincoln P.|last=Paine|year=1997|title=Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=0-85177-739-2}}</ref> |
* June 13 – ''[[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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|author-link=Alan Palmer|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=139–142|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Lincoln P.|last=Paine|year=1997|title=Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=0-85177-739-2}}</ref> |
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* The following are established at the [[Cortile del Belvedere]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]] in Rome under the patronage of [[Pope Leo X]]: |
* The following are established at the [[Cortile del Belvedere]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]] in Rome under the patronage of [[Pope Leo X]]: |
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** [[Leonardo da Vinci]], who concentrates on scientific research. |
** [[Leonardo da Vinci]], who concentrates on scientific research. |
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** [[Hanno (elephant)|Hanno]], a [[White elephant (pachyderm)|white]] [[Asian elephant]], a gift from King [[Manuel I of Portugal]], which is drawn by [[Raphael]]. |
** [[Hanno (elephant)|Hanno]], a [[White elephant (pachyderm)|white]] [[Asian elephant]], a gift from King [[Manuel I of Portugal]], which is drawn by [[Raphael]]. |
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* [[Johannes Werner]] publishes his translation of [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]'', ''Nova Translatio Primi Libri Geographicae Cl. Ptolomaei'', containing the [[Werner map projection]] and proposing use of the [[cross-staff]] for [[marine navigation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=May|first=William Edward|title=A History of Marine Navigation|publisher=Foulis|location=Henley|year=1973|isbn=978-0-85429-143-4}}</ref> |
* [[Johannes Werner]] publishes his translation of [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]'', ''Nova Translatio Primi Libri Geographicae Cl. Ptolomaei'', containing the [[Werner map projection]] and proposing use of the [[cross-staff]] for [[marine navigation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=May|first=William Edward|author-link=Commander W.E. May |title=A History of Marine Navigation|publisher=Foulis|location=Henley|year=1973|isbn=978-0-85429-143-4}}</ref> |
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The year 1514 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Events
- June 13 – 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 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, cartographer and scientific instrument maker (died 1574)
- December 31 – Vesalius, Brabantian anatomist "the father of modern anatomy" (died 1564)
- Francisco Hernández de Toledo, physician and botanist (died 1587)
Deaths
- November 28 – Hartmann Schedel, cartographer (born 1440)
References
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 139–142. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Paine, Lincoln P. (1997). Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-85177-739-2.
- ^ May, William Edward (1973). A History of Marine Navigation. Henley: Foulis. ISBN 978-0-85429-143-4.