The year 1522 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Exploration September 6 – The Victoria (nau Vittoria), one of the surviving ships of the Magellan expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world. It carries the first (dead) examples of the bird-of-paradise ever to be seen in Europe. Venetian cardinal Gasparo Contarini, in Spain at this time, is the first European to give a correct explanation of the one-day discrepancy in dates observed by the crew on their return. Mathematics Adam Ries publishes his popular arithmetical text . Johannes Werner's original work on conic sections is published. Medicine Publication in Seville, by Juan Varela and under the title of Metaphora medicinae, of a manual of medicine and pharmacy by Bernardino de Laredo. Births September 11 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (died 1605) Deaths May – Johannes Werner, German polymath (born 1468) References 16th century in science 1520s in science