Jacques-Nicolas Bellin: Carte Du Cours Du Maragnon ou de la Grande Riviere des Amazones
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Cartographer:
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
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Title:
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Carte Du Cours Du Maragnon ou de la Grande Riviere des Amazones
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Date:
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c. 1750
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Published:
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Paris
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Width:
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15 inches / 39 cm
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Height:
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7 inches / 18 cm
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Map ref:
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SAM3301
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Description:
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| Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 13 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent 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. [SAM3301] |