1574 in science
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The year 1574 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- The Charcas Mineral District in the state of San Luis Potosi (New Spain, later Mexico) is discovered for the mining of lead, zinc, copper, and silver.
- Juan Fernández, a Portuguese navigator, discovers, along the coast of Chile, the Juan Fernandez Islands, where later, shipwreck survivor Alexander Selkirk (the real figure behind Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") would live for 4 years.
[edit] Excavations
- 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").
[edit] Technology
[edit] Births
- William Oughtred, English mathematician who invented the slide rule (died 1660)
