TY - BOOK
T1 - Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World. The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil
T2 - Volume 1 - Life Work and Legacy
AU - Zuidervaart, Huib J.
AU - Matsuura, Oscar T.
N1 - https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722186/astronomer-cartographer-and-naturalist-of-the-new-world
PY - 2022/11/18
Y1 - 2022/11/18
N2 - 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 book presents Marggrafe’s stunning biography and is supplemented by a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized.
AB - 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 book presents Marggrafe’s stunning biography and is supplemented by a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized.
KW - Astronomy
KW - Georg Marggrafe
KW - Dutch Brazil
KW - Natural History
KW - Cartography
KW - 17th century
U2 - 10.5117/9789463722186
DO - 10.5117/9789463722186
M3 - Book
SN - 9789463722186
VL - 1
T3 - Studies in the History of Knowledge
BT - Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World. The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil
PB - Amsterdam University Press
CY - Amsterdam
ER -