Which of the following did leonardo da vinci sketch? a. geography b. people c. fossils d. all of the above

The option that best describes what Leonardo da Vinci sketched is D. all of the above. Leonardo was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance. He was born in 1452 in a town called Vinci, hence his surname. Leonardo had a fascination with anatomical studies, he worked on dissections at hospitals. His areas of interest were in a wide range of fields.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion