Chapter ID: CBB001420883

America's Earliest (European-Style) Astronomical Observatory, Founded and Used by Georg Marggrafe in Dutch Colonial Brazil, 1638--1643 (2014)

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Matsuura, Oscar T. (Author)
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan (Author)


Pages: 33--52
Publication date: 2014
Language: English


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Authors & Contributors
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Amson, John Ceres
Ben-Zaken, Avner
Bucciantini, Massimo
Camerota, Michele
Cullen, Christopher
Journals
Archives of Natural History
British Journal for the History of Science
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
History of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Publishers
Amsterdam University Press
Harvard University Press
Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST)
Museum Boerhaave
Museum of Victoria
Tredition Science
Concepts
Astronomical observatories
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instruments, astronomical
Astronomy
Netherlands, colonies
Telescopes
People
Galilei, Galileo
Flamsteed, John
Gregory, James
Hevelius, Johannes
Kepler, Johannes
Marcgrave, George
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
15th century
16th century
20th century
Places
Brazil
Great Britain
Ottoman Empire
Java (Indonesia)
Europe
Germany
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Royal Observatory Greenwich
University of St. Andrews
Leiden Observatory
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