La Condamine

Charles Marie de La Condamine

Born: 28 Jan 1701 in Paris, France
Died: 4 Feb 1774 in Paris, France

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In 1735 La Condamine was a member of an expedition to Peru to measure the length of a degree of meridian at the equator. Bouguer was a member of the same expedition.

In 1743 he began a four month raft journey down the Amazon river. His was the first scientific account of of the Amazon which he published as Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi a l'équateur (1751).

References:

  1. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica 
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