Charles Marie de La Condamine

French explorer, geographer, and mathematician

1701 CE to 1774 CE

Charles Marie de La Condamine (January 28, 1701 – February 13, 1774) is a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician.

He spends 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.

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