1587 in science

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The year 1587 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Exploration

c. March – An edition of Peter Martyr d'Anghiera's De Orbe Novo ("On the New World", 1530) edited by Richard Hakluyt is published in Paris with a new map of the Americas.

January 5 – Xu Xiake, Chinese explorer and geographer (died 1641)
January 8 – Johannes Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (died 1616)
October 22 – Joachim Jungius, German mathematician, logician and philosopher of science (died 1657)
Song Yingxing, Chinese encyclopedist (died 1666)