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 {{lang|de|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.{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun/page/237 237]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}
- Sugar cane first cultivated in Brazil.
- Gherardo Cibo begins his herbarium, the oldest still surviving.{{cite web| url=http://www.bibliotecaangelica.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/322/erbario-cibo | title=Erbario Cibo | language=it | accessdate=2019-07-04 | date = 2016-02-18 }}
Geography
- Jacob Ziegler publishes his principal geographical treatise, Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg.{{cite book|first=Karl|last=Schottenloher|title=Jacob Ziegler aus Landau an der Isar|location=Münster|year=1910}}
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)