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Charles-Marie de La Condamine (born January 28, 1701, Paris, France—died February 4, 1774, Paris) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and adventurer who accomplished the first scientific exploration of the Amazon River.
Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent ten years in territory which is now Ecuador, measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon region based on astro-geodetic observations.
Charles-Marie de LA CONDAMINE, Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, à l’Equateur, servant d’introduction historique à la mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien, Paris, De l’imprimerie royale, 1751.
27 sty 2022 · Charles-Marie de La Condamine, a French mathematician and astronomer, was born Jan. 27, 1701. In 1734, the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris decided to send out two geodetic expeditions to Lapland and to Ecuador to measure the length of a degree of latitude at these two locations, one right on the equator, the other near the Arctic Circle.
Charles-Marie La Condamine was a French mathematician and surveyor who took part in an expedition to South America to measure a degree of latitude.
Charles Marie de La Condamine Paris, 1701 - 1774. Partager : Date : 1701. Membre de l'Académie des sciences en 1735 et de l'Académie française en 1760, ce fut un infatigable voyageur. Il découvrit les côtes d'Afrique et d'Asie.
El 1 de julio de 1735, en Cartagena de Indias, se unieron los dos tenientes de navío españoles nombrados por la Corte de España para “asistir a nuestras observaciones” de la primera expedición francesa (escribió La Condamine a un personaje anónimo que denominó exclusivamente con la inicial del nombre o apellido), y en otro escrito ...
