Jacob Köbel
Jacob Köbel, or Iacobus Kœbelius, (1462 – 31 January 1533) was a
publisher in Oppenheim
.
Köbel was born in
editor and proofreader for Heinrich Knoblochtzer in Heidelberg. On 8 May 1494, he married the daughter of Henrich zum Gelthus and settled there as secretary to the city council. He died on 31 January 1533 in Oppenheim
, aged 70-71.
Works
- Geometrey, 1498
- Die Merfart vn[d] erfarung nüwer Schiffung, 1509. (This work is the illustrated travelogue of Balthasar Springer, who traveled in the Portuguese colonial expedition to Goa in 1505-06.)
- Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii, 1513
- Astrolabii declaratio (in Latin). Paris: Guillaume Cavellat. 1552.
References
- ^ R. M. Gascoigne, A chronology of the history of science 1450-1900, Garland Pub., 1987, p.413.
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