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Charles Marie de La Condamine

1701 - 1774

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Charles Marie de La Condamine (French: [la kɔ̃damin]; 28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Marie de La Condamine is the 97th most popular explorer (down from 91st in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from France (down from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Explorer.

A French explorer and mathematician, Charles Marie de la Condamine is most famous for his expedition to Peru and Colombia in 1735-1736, during which he measured the length of a degree of latitude at the equator.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles Marie de La Condamine ranks 97 out of 498. Before him are Sebastian Cabot, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, William Parry, Benjamin of Tudela, Salomon August Andrée, and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. After him are Cosmas Indicopleustes, Davy Crockett, Robert FitzRoy, James Clark Ross, Bjarni Herjólfsson, and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1701, Charles Marie de La Condamine ranks 5. Before him are Anders Celsius, Maria Amalia of Austria, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, and Anna Magdalena Bach. After him are Pietro Longhi, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Sharaku, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Dmitry Laptev, Johan Agrell, and Nicolai Eigtved. Among people deceased in 1774, Charles Marie de La Condamine ranks 5. Before him are Louis XV of France, Pope Clement XIV, Robert Clive, and François Quesnay. After him are Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Oliver Goldsmith, and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Marie de La Condamine ranks 1,201 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne L'Huillier (1958), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805), Jacques Demy (1931), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (1523). After him are Alain de Benoist (1943), Bertran de Born (1140), La Hire (1390), Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), and Guy, Count of Flanders (1226).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Charles Marie de La Condamine ranks 10. Before him are Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Samuel de Champlain (1567), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), and Jean de Béthencourt (1362). After him are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Jean Chardin (1643), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), and Henri Mouhot (1826).

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