1570 in science explained

The year 1570 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• February 15 – Venus occults Jupiter.

Cartography

• May 20 – Abraham Ortelius publishes Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, in Antwerp.
• Jean Cossin publishes a map of the world using sinusoidal projection in Dieppe.

Earth sciences

• February 8 – Concepción earthquake (magnitude 8.3) in Chile.
• Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.

Mathematics

• London haberdasher Henry Billingsley makes the first translation of Euclid's Elements into English (from the Greek), The elements of geometrie of the most ancient philosopher Euclide..., with a preface by John Dee and fold-up diagrams.^[1]

Medicine

• January 11: Francisco Hernández de Toledo was commissioned by Philip II of Spain to write a description of all the medicinal plants found in the American colonies.^{[2] [3]}

Technology

• Giovanni Padovani publishes a detailed treatise on the construction of sundials, Opus de compositione et usu multiformium horologiorum solarium, in Venice

Deaths

• November 5 - Jacques Grévin French physician and playwright (born c. 1539).

Notes and References

1. George Bruce. Halsted. G. B. Halsted. Note on the First English Euclid. American Journal of Mathematics. 2. 1. March 1879. 46–48. 10.2307/2369195. 2369195.
2. Book: fr . René Taton . Georges Allard . . . Histoire générale des sciences. La science moderne de 1450 à 1800) . P.U.F. . Paris . 1958 . II . 711 . .
3. Mar Rey Bueno . La Mayson pour Distiller des Eaües at El Escorial: Alchemy and Medicine at the Court of Philip II, 1556–1598 . Medical History . 2009 . Supp. . 29 . 26–39 . 20224697 . 2836220 . .