Jan of Stobnica was a Polish

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 philosopher, scientist

Scientist

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 and geographer

Geographer

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 of the early 16th century.

Life

He was educated at the Jagiellonian University

Jagiellonian University

The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....

 (Kraków Academy), where he taught as professor between 1498 and 1514. He is the author of numerous works on the subjects of logic

Logic

In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...

, grammar

Grammar

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, astronomy

Astronomy

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, geography

Geography

Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...

, mathematics

Mathematics

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, music

Music

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, natural science

Natural science

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s, and ethics

Ethics

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.
Jan of Stobnica was one of Kraków's adherents of Scotism

Scotism

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, a philosophical school brought in from Paris

Paris

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 first by Michał Twaróg of Bystrzyków

Michał Twaróg of Bystrzyków

Michał Twaróg of Bystrzyków was a Polish philosopher and theologian of the early 16th century.-Life:Michał Twaróg studied at Paris in 1473-77, during the period when, following the anathematization of the Nominalists , the Scotist school of philosophy enjoyed its greatest triumphs there...

 (ca. 1450 - 1520). Jan of Stobnica became Michał's most prominent student. Jan's most famous work, entitled "Introductio in Ptholomei Cosmographiam" (Introduction to the Cosmography of Ptolemy) featured some of the first maps printed in Poland. Likewise, his edition of Ptolemy

Ptolemy

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 first contained a map of North and South America showing the connection of the two continents by an isthmus

Isthmus

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. It is one of the oldest known references to North America with the Gulf of Mexico delimited by the peninsula of Florida, peculiarly labeled "Isa-bella" (see engraving), which corresponds to the name of Cuba in primitive times, which in fact he left it blank. "Cosmographiam" by Jan of Stobnica, from 1512, are among some of the most precious Polonica of the New York Public Library

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holdings.