Jerónimo Cortés

Jerónimo Cortés, who lived from about 1560 to about 1611, was a Spanish mathematician, astronomer, naturalist and Valencian compiler. Many of his works were compilations of the knowledge and writings of other authors. They include the Tratado del cómputo por la mano of 1591, the Compendio de reglas breves and the Lunario perpetuo of 1594, the Fisonomía natural y varios secretos de naturaleza of 1597, the Lunario nueuo, perpetuo, y general, y pronostico de los tiempos, uniuersal printed at Madrid by Pedro Madrigal in 1601, the Aritmética práctica of 1604 and the Libro y tratado de los animales terrestres y volátiles of 1613.