1st Edition
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
400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. 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... Read more
Volume 1 - Life , Work and Legacy, Preface, PART I - CONTEXT, CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 2: CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY MODERN DUTCH BRAZIL?, PART II - BIOGRAPHY, CHAPTER 3: YOUTH IN GERMANY, CHAPTER 4: A CRUCIAL YEAR AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, CHAPTER 5: LIFE IN BRAZIL, CHAPTER 6: LEGACY, PART III - ASTRONOMY, CHAPTER 7: BACKGROUND, CHAPTER 8: SETTING AND EQUIPMENT, CHAPTER 9: OBSERVATIONS IN LEIDEN AND RECIFE, PART IV - CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE, CHAPTER 10: RETROSPECTIVE, APPENDICES, LITERATURE, INDEX.
Biography
Dr. Huib Zuidervaart, retired senior researcher (2007-2019) at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (KNAW). Former editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal for the History of Science and Universities, Studium. Former book review editor of ISIS, official Journal of the History of Science Society. Dr. Oscar Matsuura is a retired professor at the University of São Paulo, remaining engaged in several projects, mainly in the History of Astronomy in Brazil.
