Dr. Huib Zuidervaart, retired senior researcher (2007-2019) at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (KNAW). Former editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal for the History of Science and Universities, Studium. Former book review editor of ISIS, official Journal of the History of Science Society. Dr. Oscar Matsuura is a retired professor at the University of São Paulo, remaining engaged in several projects, mainly in the History of Astronomy in Brazil.

"Een schitterende biografie van Georg Marggrafe geeft de jong gestorven wetenschapper alsnog de eer die hem toekomt. Maar zijn biografen verliezen de koloniale context niet uit het oog." -- Dirk van Delft in NRC, 4-2-2023

• Volume 1 – Life , Work and Legacy Preface PART I – CONTEXT CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY MODERN DUTCH BRAZIL? PART II – BIOGRAPHY CHAPTER 3: YOUTH IN GERMANY CHAPTER 4: A CRUCIAL YEAR AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY CHAPTER 5: LIFE IN BRAZIL CHAPTER 6: LEGACY PART III – ASTRONOMY CHAPTER 7: BACKGROUND CHAPTER 8: SETTING AND EQUIPMENT CHAPTER 9: OBSERVATIONS IN LEIDEN AND RECIFE PART IV – CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE CHAPTER 10: RETROSPECTIVE APPENDICES LITERATURE INDEX

Dr. Huib Zuidervaart, retired senior researcher (2007-2019) at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (KNAW). Former editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal for the History of Science and Universities, Studium. Former book review editor of ISIS, official Journal of the History of Science Society. Dr. Oscar Matsuura is a retired professor at the University of São Paulo, remaining engaged in several projects, mainly in the History of Astronomy in Brazil.

"Een schitterende biografie van Georg Marggrafe geeft de jong gestorven wetenschapper alsnog de eer die hem toekomt. Maar zijn biografen verliezen de koloniale context niet uit het oog." -- Dirk van Delft in NRC, 4-2-2023

• Volume 1 – Life , Work and Legacy Preface PART I – CONTEXT CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY MODERN DUTCH BRAZIL? PART II – BIOGRAPHY CHAPTER 3: YOUTH IN GERMANY CHAPTER 4: A CRUCIAL YEAR AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY CHAPTER 5: LIFE IN BRAZIL CHAPTER 6: LEGACY PART III – ASTRONOMY CHAPTER 7: BACKGROUND CHAPTER 8: SETTING AND EQUIPMENT CHAPTER 9: OBSERVATIONS IN LEIDEN AND RECIFE PART IV – CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE CHAPTER 10: RETROSPECTIVE APPENDICES LITERATURE INDEX

Dr. Huib Zuidervaart, retired senior researcher (2007-2019) at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (KNAW). Former editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal for the History of Science and Universities, Studium. Former book review editor of ISIS, official Journal of the History of Science Society. Dr. Oscar Matsuura is a retired professor at the University of São Paulo, remaining engaged in several projects, mainly in the History of Astronomy in Brazil.

"Een schitterende biografie van Georg Marggrafe geeft de jong gestorven wetenschapper alsnog de eer die hem toekomt. Maar zijn biografen verliezen de koloniale context niet uit het oog." -- Dirk van Delft in NRC, 4-2-2023

• Volume 1 – Life , Work and Legacy Preface PART I – CONTEXT CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY MODERN DUTCH BRAZIL? PART II – BIOGRAPHY CHAPTER 3: YOUTH IN GERMANY CHAPTER 4: A CRUCIAL YEAR AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY CHAPTER 5: LIFE IN BRAZIL CHAPTER 6: LEGACY PART III – ASTRONOMY CHAPTER 7: BACKGROUND CHAPTER 8: SETTING AND EQUIPMENT CHAPTER 9: OBSERVATIONS IN LEIDEN AND RECIFE PART IV – CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE CHAPTER 10: RETROSPECTIVE APPENDICES LITERATURE INDEX