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1606 In Science

''See also'': 1605 In Science , Other Events Of 1606 , 1607 In Science , and the List Of Years In Science .

EXPLORATION

Pedro Fernández De Quirós discovered the islands which he named ''Austrialia del Espiritu Santo'' (now Vanuatu ).

Luis Váez De Torres is the first Europe an to sail through the Torres Strait .

PHYSICS

At about this time, Galileo Galilei invented a Thermometer based on the expansion of gas.

BIRTHS

Edmund Castell - Linguist

DEATHS

Girolamo Mercuriale - Italian Physician and Historian