Charles Marie de La Condamine
(1701-1774)
French explorer, geographer and mathematician
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Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent ten years in present-day Ecuador measuring the length of a degree latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon region based on astronomical observations. Furthermore he was a contributor to the Encyclopédie.
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28 January 1701 Paris, France
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13 February 1774 (aged 73) Paris, France
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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