South American physicist, mathematician, astronomer, topographer, and geographer
1704 CE
to 1748 CE
Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores, (Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) November 24, 1704 – London, England, November 17, 1748) is a South American scientist who collaborates with the members of the French Geodesic Mission.
As well as a physicist and a mathematician, Maldonado is an astronomer, topographer, and geographer.