Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian family.
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Detail of the Monument to the Portuguese Discoveries showing the well-known navigators. Left to right: Jácome de Maiorca (cosmographer and chart maker), Pedro Escobar (navigator), Pedro Nunes (shown holding an armillary sphere), Pero de Alenquer (navigator), Gil Eanes (navigator) and finally João Gonçalves Zarco (navigator)![Modern reconstruction of a quadrant with nonius[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Nonio_originale.jpg)
Modern reconstruction of a quadrant with nonius[14]
De erratis Orontii Finæi, 1546
De arte atque ratione navigandi, 1573Academics born in the 1500s 6
About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1502 to 1578 · aged 76
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