1532 in science

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The year 1532 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• Petrus Apianus publishes at Ingolstadt Ein Bericht der Kurtzer Observation unnd urtels des Jűngst erschinnen Cometen (on his observations of comets) and Quadrans astronomicus Apiani (on the astronomical quadrant).

Botany

• Otto Brunfels publishes a book of herbs.
• Sugar cane first cultivated in Brazil.

Exploration and geography

• Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Count of Melito, begins exploration of the islands of the Pacific Ocean's eastern littoral.
• Jacob Ziegler publishes his principal geographical treatise, Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg.

Births

• John Hawkins, English navigator (died 1595)
• Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (died 1592)

Deaths

• Diego de Ordaz, Spanish explorer (born 1480)