1574 in science
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The year 1574 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Archaeology
- In Rome (Italy), in the river Tiber between the two bridges, the monument base is discovered for a statue of Simon Paeter (or Simon the Sorcerer, the "Magus of Samaria"), with inscription "Simoni Deo Sancto" (translation: "To Simon the Holy God").
Exploration
- Juan Fernández, a Portuguese navigator, discovers, along the coast of Chile, the Juan Fernández Islands, where later shipwreck survivor Alexander Selkirk (the real figure behind Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") will live for four years.
- English seaman William Bourne produces a popular expanded version of Martín Cortés de Albacar's navigation manual Arte de Navegar entitled A Regiment for the Sea.[1]
Mineralogy
- The Charcas Mineral District in the state of San Luis Potosí (New Spain, later Mexico) is discovered for the mining of lead, zinc, copper, and silver.
- Publication of Lazarus Ercker's textbook Beschreibung allerfürnemisten mineralischen Ertzt und Berckwercksarten ("Description of Leading Ore Processing and Mining Methods") in Prague.[2]
Births
- March 5 – William Oughtred, English mathematician, inventor of the slide rule (died 1660)
- August 7 – Robert Dudley, English navigator (died 1649)
- October 27 (bapt.) – Simon Baskerville, English physician (died 1641)
Deaths
- January 26 – Martin Helwig, Silesian cartographer (born 1516)
- August 27 – Bartolomeo Eustachi, Italian anatomist (born 1500 or 1514)
