On May 24, 1543, modern astronomy was born. On that day the book, On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies, was brought to the death bed of its Polish author, Nikolaus Copernicus. Copernicus said that earth was a revolving around the Sun.
1585
Thomas Harriot (1560 to 1621) published "A Briefe and True Report of the New Foundland of Virginia." It described the material, biological and human elements of Roanoke Island, North Carolina (Now USA).
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