Astronomer, cartographer and naturalist of the New World : the life and scholarly achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 2, Transcription and English translation of his astronomical observations.

This volume, Volume 2, is a supplementary text and consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized and published. Volume 1 presents Marggrafe's stunning biography. Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the prin...

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Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRES, 2022.
Series:Studies in the history of knowledge.
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