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15th-century astronomers

21 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Bernard WapowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesBernard Wapowski (1475-1535) was one of the earliest Polish cartographers and is credited for making the first detailed map of Poland in 1526.
Duarte Pacheco PereiraAuthor · BooksDuarte Pacheco Pereira (c. 1460 – 1533), called the Portuguese Achilles (Aquiles Lusitano) by the poet Camões, was a Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer.
Erhard EtzlaubAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — "Romweg" map, 1500. "South-up" display, as in all of Etzlaub's maps.
Girolamo FracastoroAuthor · BooksGirolamo Fracastoro (Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/86 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy.
Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ KāšifīAuthor · BooksKamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī Kāshifī, best simply known as Husayn Kashifi, was a prolific Persian prose-stylist, a poet, a Quran exegete, a Sufi scholar, and an astronomer of the Timurid…
Johannes RuyschAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Ruysch (c. 1470–1533) was a Dutch cartographer, explorer, painter, and Benedictine monk from Utrecht.
Johannes SchönerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Schöner (16 January 1477, in Karlstadt am Main – 16 January 1547, in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg) (aka, Johann Schönner, Johann Schoener, Jean Schönner, Joan Schoenerus)…
Johannes StöfflerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Stöffler (also Stöfler, Stoffler, Stoeffler; 10 December 1452 – 16 February 1531) was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments and…
Johannes WernerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann(es) Werner (Latin: Ioannes Vernerus; February 14, 1468 – May 1522) was a German mathematician. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where he became a parish priest.
Martin BehaimAuthor · Maps and atlasesMartin Behaim (6 October 1459 – 29 July 1507), also known as Martin von Behaim and by various forms of Martin of Bohemia, was a German textile merchant and cartographer.
Nicholas KratzerArtist · WatchesNicholas Kratzer (1487? – 1550), also known as Nicolaus Kratzer and Nicholas Crutcher, was a German mathematician, astronomer, and horologist.
Nicholas of CusaAuthor · BooksNicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus, was a German Catholic bishop and polymath active as a philosopher, theologian, jurist,…
ParacelsusAuthor · BooksTheophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
Pedro de MedinaAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Cross-staff in Regimento de Navegación by Pedro de Medina, 1552. A goniometric instrument used to measure the altitude of stars.
Petrus ApianusAuthor · Maps and atlasesPetrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and…
Philipp MelanchthonAuthor · BooksPhilipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the…
Sebastian MünsterAuthor · Maps and atlasesSebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel.
Seydi Ali ReisAuthor · BooksSeydi Ali Reis (1498–1563), formerly also written Sidi Ali Reis and Sidi Ali Ben Hossein, was an Ottoman admiral and navigator.
Yuriy DrohobychAuthor · BooksYuriy Drohobych or Kotermak (1450 – 4 February 1494) was a Ruthenian philosopher, astronomer, writer, medical doctor, rector of the University of Bologna, and professor of Kraków Academy,…

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