1511 in science

The year 1511 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Cartography

• A form of the Bonne projection is used by Sylvano.

Mathematics

• Charles de Bovelles publishes Géométrie en françoys, the first scientific work printed in French.

Births

• September 29(?) – Michael Servetus, Aragonese polymath (died 1553)
• October 22 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1511)

Deaths

• Matthias Ringmann, German geographer (born 1482)

References