Died 1774-02-04.
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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. Furthermore he was a contributor to the Encyclopédie.
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Born 28 January 1701 · Died 4 February 1774 · Q26681
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Died 1774-02-04.
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Career landmark: seat 23 of the Académie française (1760–1774).
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Studied at Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris) (1718).
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Born 1701-01-28.
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