Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World: The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil

Huib Zuidervaart; Oscar Matsuura

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Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World

The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil

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Alcantara, Marlon C. 2024. Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World, de Huib J. Zuidervaart e Oscar Matsuura (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2022). Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência, Vol. 17, Issue. 1, p. 510.

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Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: April 2023
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9789048556212
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048556212

Subjects:: Art: General Interest, Art
Series:: Studies in the History of Knowledge

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This volume, Volume 1, presents Marggrafe's stunning biography. Volume 2 consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized and published.

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Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World

The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-9

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp 10-10

Preface
pp 11-14

Part I - Context
pp 15-16

Chapter 1 - Introduction
pp 17-26

Chapter 2 - Circulation Of Knowledge In Early Modern Dutch Brazil?
pp 27-48

Part II - Biography
pp 49-50

Chapter 3 - Youth In Germany
pp 51-60

Chapter 4 - A Crucial Year At Leiden University
pp 61-92

Chapter 5 - Life In Brazil
pp 93-150

Chapter 6 - Legacy
pp 151-190

Part III - Astronomy
pp 191-192

Chapter 7 - Background
pp 193-202

Chapter 8 - Setting And Equipment
pp 203-220

Chapter 9 - Observations In Leiden And Recife
pp 221-274

Part IV - Conclusion and Epilogue
pp 275-276

Chapter 10 - Retrospective
pp 277-288

Appendices
pp 289-290

1 - Chronology
pp 291-296

2 - MARGGRAFE’s horoscopes
pp 297-302

3 - A false attribution of an ‘astronomical’ manuscript
pp 303-306

Notes
pp 307-368

Consulted Archives
pp 369-370

Abbreviations
pp 373-392

Literature
pp 371-372

Index
pp 393-400

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