| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (some colour). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Studies in the history of knowledge
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Studies in the history of knowledge.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-392) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Context. Introduction ; Circulation of knowledge in early modern Dutch Brazil? -- Part II. Biography. Youth In Germany ; A crucial year at Leiden University ; Life in Brazil ; Legacy -- Part III. Astronomy. Background ; Setting and equipment ; Observations in Leiden and Recife --Part IV. Conclusion and epilogue ; Retrospective. |
| Summary |
"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 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644. https://isni.org/isni/0000000066536917
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Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644. |
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Astronomers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Astronomers. |
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Germany. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Naturalists. |
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Cartographers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Astronomy -- Brazil -- History -- 17th century.
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Brazil. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Biography: general. |
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Cartographers. |
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Colonialism and imperialism. |
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Astronomy. |
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HISTORY / Latin America / South America. |
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Colonialism and imperialism. |
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History of science. |
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Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Matsuura, Oscar Toshiaki, author.
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| Added Title |
Life, work and legacy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Zuidervaart, Huib Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World Bloomfield : Amsterdam University Press,c2022 9789463722186 |
| ISBN |
9789048556212 electronic book |
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904855621X electronic book |
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9789463722186 hardcover |
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9463722181 hardcover |
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