Lalandes ‘Voyage de Hollande’. Het reisverslag van een astronoom, 1774
Lalandes ‘Voyage de Hollande’. The itinerary of an astronomer, 1774.In 1774, the French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732–1807) visited the Dutch Republic to plea for a greater role of astronomy in navigation. At that time his Astronomie was translated into Dutch. A handwritten travelogue of his visit is preserved in the Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France in Paris. It is a brief, but fairly complete description of his journey, in which Lalande gives an impression of his visit to the cities, scientists, instrument makers and other – for the greater part – very prominent peo... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
Schlagwörter: | Geschiedenis / astronomy / travel account / J.J. de Lalande / eighteenth century / Dutch Republic |
Sprache: | Niederländisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26680127 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/273220 |