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Charles Marie de La Condamine

Charles Marie de La Condamine
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Charles Marie de La Condamine 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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Pierre BouguerFebruary 16, 1698 – August 15, 1758
  2. Khariton Laptev1700 – December 21, 1763
  3. Semyon Chelyuskincirca 1700 – November 1764
  4. Charles Marie de La Condamine (this page)January 28, 1701 – February 4, 1774
  5. Dmitry Laptev1701 – January 20, 1771
  6. Aleksei ChirikovDecember 24, 1703 – June 4, 1748

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