Finé, Oronce (1494-1555)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3618. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Cartographer, mathematician and military scientist, born in Briancon, France, professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal in Paris, wrote on astronomical instruments and astronomy, suggested that eclipses of the Moon could be used to determine longitude. A map of the world that he produced in 1531 uses the name `Terra Australia' for the first time....

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