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Person: Lavanha, João Baptista

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Joao Baptista Lavanha was a Portuguese engineer who wrote on mathematics and navigation.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 1555, Lisbon, Portugal. Died 31 March 1624, Madrid, Spain.

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Astronomy, Origin Portugal


Thank you to the contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0!

Github:
bookofproofs
non-Github:
@J-J-O'Connor
@E-F-Robertson


References

Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:

  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive