Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo

Japanese: トスカネリ（英語表記）Toscanelli， Paolo dal Pozzo

Born: 1397. Florence
[Died] 1482. Florence, Italian astronomer, geographer, and physician. Studied medicine, mathematics, and astronomy at the University of Florence and the University of Padua. In Padua, he became friends with Nicholas of Cusanus. After practicing medicine, he became director of the Florence Library. He had a wealth of knowledge about the East through his reading, and he advised King Afonso V of Portugal that there was a sea route to the East that was shorter than the Cape of Good Hope route (1474). A few years later, he drew a map of the world showing a new route, which influenced Columbus' discovery of the Americas. He built a sundial on top of the dome cathedral (68), and used its meridian to correct the Alfonso tables and determine the variation of the ecliptic. He also made many observations of comets and recorded their changes in position.

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Japanese:

[生]1397. フィレンツェ
[没]1482. フィレンツェ
イタリアの天文学者，地理学者，医者。フィレンツェ大学，パドバ大学で医学，数学，天文学を学ぶ。パドバでは，ニコラウス・クザーヌスとも親交を結ぶ。医者を開業したのち，フィレンツェ図書館長となった。読書によって豊富な東洋の知識をもち，ポルトガル王アフォンソ5世に，喜望峰航路よりも短い東洋航路があることを進言した (1474) 。数年後，世界全図を描いて新しいルートを記し，コロンブスのアメリカ大陸発見に影響を与えた。ドーム寺院の上に日時計を建て (68) ，この子午線を使ってアルフォンソ表を訂正，黄道の変動を決定した。また彗星の観測を多く行い，その位置変化を記録した。

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