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.

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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Online Access: Access full-text online via JSTOR
Imprint: [S.l.] : AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRES, 2022.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomers > Germany > Biography.
Naturalists > Germany > Biography.
Cartographers > Germany > Biography.
Astronomy > Early works to 1800.
Series:Studies in the history of knowledge.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PART V
  • PROGYMNASTICA ASTRONOMICA AMERICANA
  • TRANSCRIPTION AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MARGGRAFE'S ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, MADE IN COLONIAL DUTCH BRAZIL IN THE YEARS 1638-1643
  • TRANSCRIPTION The Latin text of Marggrafe's astronomical observations in Dutch Brazil
  • TRANSLATION: THE ENGLISH TEXT OF MARGGRAFE'S ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS IN DUTCH BRAZIL
  • INDEX

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