CONDAMINE CHARLES MARIE DE LA-D’ANVILLE JEAN-BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON
Carte de la Province de Quito au Perou Dressee sur les Observations Astronomiques, Mesures Geographiques, Journaux de Route et Memoires de Mr. de la Condamine.
Date: Equador,
Cod 0848
350,00 €
Copper engraving, 575 x 345 mm, hand-painted. Large map from the Condamine survey of 1735–49 to determine the Earth's curvature at the equator, published by d'Anville. The map shows the triangulation points used in the valley between Quito and Cuenca. A good copy with the usual traces of editorial folds.
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