Scientists of the Age of Exploration

The atlas holds 11 people and 202 moments here, from 1452 to 1650. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Galileo Galilei and Giordano Bruno.

Notable people

1. René Descartes

   from 1596 to 1650

   45 moments here

   French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…

2. Galileo Galilei

   from 1564 to 1642

   35 moments here

   Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

3. Giordano Bruno

   from 1548 to 1600

   31 moments here

   Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

4. Leonardo da Vinci

   from 1452 to 1519

   27 moments here

   Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

5. Johannes Kepler

   from 1571 to 1630

   16 moments here

   German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and music theorist. Kepler’s documented life moved from Württemberg schooling…

6. Nicolaus Copernicus

   from 1473 to 1543

   15 moments here

   Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

7. Francis Bacon

   from 1561 to 1626

   13 moments here

   English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…

8. Blaise Pascal

   from 1623 to 1648

   9 moments here

   French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal spent his life principally between Clermont-Ferrand, Paris,…

9. Thomas Hobbes

   from 1588 to 1647

   7 moments here

   English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

10. John Locke

    from 1632 to 1647

    3 moments here

    English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…

11. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    in 1646

    1 moment here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

Moments

1. 1452 Born near Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
2. 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
3. 1473 Birth in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus
4. 1478 Witnesses a contract in Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
5. 1482 Moves to the Sforza court Leonardo da Vinci
6. 1490 Consults at Pavia Cathedral Leonardo da Vinci
7. 1491 Studies at the University of Kraków Nicolaus Copernicus
8. 1495 Paints The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci
9. 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
10. 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
11. 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
12. 1500 Returns to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
13. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
14. 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
15. 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
16. 1502 Continues to Pesaro Leonardo da Vinci
17. 1502 Inspects Urbino Leonardo da Vinci
18. 1502 Arrives in Cesena Leonardo da Vinci
19. 1502 Observes Rimini's fountain Leonardo da Vinci
20. 1502 Visits Santa Maria del Monte Leonardo da Vinci
21. 1502 Inspects Faenza Leonardo da Vinci
22. 1502 Stays and maps Imola Leonardo da Vinci
23. 1502 Surveys Cesenatico Leonardo da Vinci
24. 1503 Returns from Borgia's service Leonardo da Vinci
25. 1503 Residence at Heilsberg Castle Nicolaus Copernicus
26. 1503 Doctorate in canon law at Ferrara Nicolaus Copernicus
27. 1503 Joins the campaign near Pisa Leonardo da Vinci
28. 1506 Returns to French-ruled Milan Leonardo da Vinci
29. 1510 Conducts anatomy at Pavia Leonardo da Vinci
30. 1512 Move to Frauenburg and chapter election Nicolaus Copernicus
31. 1513 Leaves Milan for Rome Leonardo da Vinci
32. 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
33. 1514 Purchase of a Frombork tower Nicolaus Copernicus
34. 1516 Relocates to Amboise Leonardo da Vinci
35. 1516 Settles at Clos Lucé Leonardo da Vinci
36. 1516 Economic administrator at Allenstein Nicolaus Copernicus
37. 1517 Receives Cardinal d'Aragon Leonardo da Vinci
38. 1519 Dies at Clos Lucé Leonardo da Vinci
39. 1522 Later observations from Frombork Nicolaus Copernicus
40. 1539 Hosting Rheticus at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
41. 1541 Medical journey to Königsberg Nicolaus Copernicus
42. 1543 Death at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
43. 1548 Birth at Nola Giordano Bruno
44. 1561 Birth at York House Francis Bacon
45. 1562 Studies in Naples Giordano Bruno
46. 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
47. 1564 Born in Pisa Galileo Galilei
48. 1565 Entered San Domenico Maggiore Giordano Bruno
49. 1571 Birth in Weil der Stadt Johannes Kepler
50. 1572 First Mass at Campagna Giordano Bruno

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