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1519 in science
The year
1519 in
science
and
technology
included many events, some of which are listed here.
Exploration
September 20 âÂÂ
Ferdinand Magellan
's fleet sets sail from
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
to find a westabout route to Asia.
"
Miller Atlas
" produced in Portugal.
Medicine
A
pandemic
spreads from the
Greater Antilles
into
Central America
, and perhaps as far as
Peru
, killing much of the indigenous populations in these areas.
Publication in
Paris
of
Thomas Linacre
's translation into
Latin
of
Galen
's
Methodus medendi
.
Births
June 6 âÂÂ
Andrea Cesalpino
,
Italian
philosopher, physician, and botanist (died
1603
)
Deaths
May 2 âÂÂ
Leonardo da Vinci
, Italian
polymath
(born 1452)
References