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Overview of the events of 1502 in science
The year 1502 in
science and
technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
Exploration
- January 1 –
Portuguese explorers, led by
Pedro Álvares Cabral, sail into
Guanabara Bay,
Brazil, mistaking it for the mouth of a river, which they name
Rio de Janeiro.
- May 11 –
Christopher Columbus leaves
Cadiz, Spain for his
fourth and final voyage to the
New World.
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- May 21 –
Portuguese navigator
João da Nova discovers the uninhabited island of
Saint Helena.
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- August 14 – Columbus lands at
Trujillo and names the country '
Honduras'.
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- September 18 – Columbus lands in
Costa Rica.
-
Amerigo Vespucci, on his return to
Lisbon from a voyage to the New World, writes a letter, Mundus Novus, to
Lorenzo de' Medici indicating that
South America must be an independent
continent.
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- The
Cantino planisphere is the first known world map showing
Portuguese discoveries.
Technology
Births
References