The year 1594 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Botany Tulip bulbs planted by Carolus Clusius in the Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Holland, first flower.
Exploration First voyage of Willem Barents in the Arctic Ocean in search of the North-east passage. John Davis publishes a treatise on navigation, The Seamans Secrets, and invents a version of the backstaff. Robert Hues publishes a practical treatise on the use of terrestrial and celestial globes in navigation, Tractatus de globis et eorum usu.
Medicine Anatomical theatre completed at the University of Padua.
Technology Bevis Bulmer sets up a system at Blackfriars, London, for pumping a public water supply.
Publications Johannes Huser of Waldkirch completes the publication of Paracelsus's works. Baldo Angelo Abati : Opus discussarum concertationum praeclarum, de rebus, verbis, et sententiis controversis, ex omnibus fere scriptoribus, libri XV published at Pesaro.
Births
Deaths June 7 – Rodrigo Lopez (b. c. 1517), physician to Elizabeth I of England. Cristóbal Acosta (b. c. 1525), physician.
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