Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World: The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 1: Life, Work and Legacy 9789463722186

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Автор: Huib Zuidervaart, Oscar Matsuura
Название: Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World: The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 1: Life, Work and Legacy
ISBN: 9789463722186
Издательство: NBN International
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Биографии: общее жизнеописание

Колониализм и империализм

ISBN-10: 9463722181
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 400
Вес: 1.43 кг.
Дата издания: 04.11.2022
Серия: Studies in the history of knowledge
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 154 illustrations, color
Размер: 244 x 163 x 29
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods,Biography: general,Colonialism & imperialism,History of science, HISTORY / Latin America / South America,HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century,SCIENCE / History
Подзаголовок: The life and scholarly achievements of georg marggrafe (1610-1643) in colonial dutch brazil. volume 1: life, work and legacy
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Описание: Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the principal author of an influential account of the natural history of Northern Brazil and as compiler of the first accurate map of the area, which is considered as one of the most elegant products of seventeenth-century Dutch cartography. But initial he had the ambition to become known in astronomy. With the support Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, then governor-general of colonial Dutch Brazil, he built in Recife the first European-style astronomical observatory on the South-American continent, where he systematically charted the southern stars. He intended to supplement the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe, who charted the Northern sky half a century before. But Marggrafe’s untimely death (and the negligence of a Leiden professor) prevented the publication of his valuable observations. As a result, Marggrafe did not achieve fame in astronomy, but instead became famous for his equally remarkable other achievements.

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.

Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World: The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 1: Life, Work and Legacy, Huib Zuidervaart, Oscar Matsuura