1514 in science explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Palmer. Alan. Alan Palmer. Palmer. Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 139–142. 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Book: Paine, Lincoln P.. 1997. Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin. 0-85177-739-2.
3. Book: May, William Edward. Commander W.E. May . A History of Marine Navigation. Foulis. Henley. 1973. 978-0-85429-143-4.