Jan of Stobnica


Jan of Stobnica, was a Polish philosopher, scientist and geographer of the early 16th century.

Life

Jan of Stobnica was educated at the Jagiellonian University, where he taught as professor between 1498 and 1514. He is the author of numerous works on the subjects of logic, grammar, astronomy, geography, mathematics, music, natural sciences, and ethics.
Jan of Stobnica was one of Kraków's adherents of Scotism, a philosophical school brought in from Paris first by Michał Twaróg of Bystrzyków. Jan of Stobnica became Michał's most prominent student. Jan's most famous work, entitled "Introductio in Ptholomei Cosmographiam" featured some of the first maps printed in Poland. Likewise, his edition of Ptolemy first contained a map of North and South America showing the connection of the two continents by an isthmus. 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", 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 holdings.

Works

Stonbica authored a number of works on logic, grammar, astronomy, geography, mathematics, music, natural science, ethics, and theology.

As author