Abraham Zacuto

Portrait of Abraham Zacut. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, Eulogia Merle. Abraham Zacuto (|translit=Avraham ben Shmuel Zacut}}, ; 12 August 1452 – ) was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian. Born in Castile, he served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal before fleeing to Tunis.

His astrolabe of copper, astronomical tables, and maritime charts played an important role in the Spanish and Portuguese voyages of discovery, being used by both Vasco Da Gama and Christopher Columbus. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Tabule tabula[rum] celestiu[m] motuu[m] : astronomi zacuti : nec non stela[rum] fixa[rum] longitudine[m] ac latitudine[m] ad mot[us] v[er]itatem mira dilige[n]tia reducte ac in p[ri]ncipio canones ordinatisime incipiu[n]t felici sidere
    by Abraham Zacuto
    Published 1496
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    Tratado breue en las ynfluencias del cielo
    by Abraham Zacuto
    Published 1475
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    Manuscript
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    Almanaque perpetuo de Abraham Zacuto : : (Venecia 1502)
    by Abraham Zacuto
    Published 2004
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    Tratado de la esphera
    by Johannes de Sacrobosco
    Published 1527
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