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1606 in science
The year
1606 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Cryptography
The
cryptographic
text
Steganographia
, written by
Johannes Trithemius
c.
1499
/
1500
, is published in
Frankfurt
.
Exploration
February 26
Dutch navigator
Willem Janszoon
makes the first confirmed sighting of
Australia
by a European.
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
discovers the
Pitcairn Islands
.
March â The Dutch ship
Duyfken
, under Captain
Willem Janszoon
, explores the western coast of
Cape York Peninsula
.
May â Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the islands of
Vanuatu
; believing them to be Australia, he names them
'.
October âÂÂ
LuÃÂs Vaz de Torres
is the first
Europe
an to sail through the
Torres Strait
.
Mathematics
Giovanni Antonio Magini
devises
trigonometric
tables of high accuracy.
Physics
Approx. date
âÂÂ
Galileo
invents a
thermometer
based on the expansion of gas.
Technology
The first recorded instance of a
bayonet
published in the Chinese military treatise .
Births
January 4
(bapt.)
âÂÂ
Edmund Castell
,
English
orientalist
(died 1685)
Deaths
September 28 âÂÂ
Nicolaus Taurellus
,
German
philosopher
and scientist (born
1547
)
November 13 âÂÂ
Girolamo Mercuriale
,
Italian
physician
and
historian
(born
1530
)
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
,
Dutch
nautical chart
maker (born 1533/4)
References