French Geodesic Mission to Peru

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18th-century expedition geodesic mission scientific expedition

The French Geodesic Mission to Peru was an 18th-century scientific expedition sent by the French Academy of Sciences to measure a degree of latitude near the equator in order to determine the shape of the Earth.

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Label	Occurrences
French Geodesic Mission to Peru canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century expedition ⓘ geodesic mission ⓘ scientific expedition ⓘ
aimedToTest	Gian Domenico Cassini’s theory of a prolate spheroid Earth ⓘ Isaac Newton’s theory of an oblate spheroid Earth ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	French Geodesic Expedition to Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ French Geodesic Mission to the Equator NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish naval officers ⓘ
contemporaryWith	French Geodesic Mission to Lapland NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
endTime	1744 ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ cartography ⓘ geodesy ⓘ
hasPurpose	determine the shape of the Earth ⓘ measure a degree of latitude near the equator ⓘ test competing theories of Earth’s figure ⓘ
ledBy	Charles Marie de La Condamine NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Bouguer NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Quito region NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Ecuador ⓘ
member	Antonio de Ulloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Juan y Santacilia NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Godin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro Vicente Maldonado NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePublication	Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi à l’équateur (by Charles Marie de La Condamine) NERFINISHED ⓘ La figure de la terre (by Pierre Bouguer) NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	French Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	18th-century geodesic campaigns ⓘ
resultedIn	astronomical observations of the southern sky ⓘ confirmation that Earth is flattened at the poles ⓘ ethnographic observations of Andean peoples ⓘ important geodetic data for mapmaking ⓘ improved estimates of Earth’s size ⓘ more accurate value for the length of a degree of latitude at the equator ⓘ natural history observations in South America ⓘ
significance	helped resolve the debate over Earth’s figure in favor of Newtonian theory ⓘ major milestone in international scientific cooperation ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1735 ⓘ
usedInstrument	measuring rods ⓘ pendulum clock ⓘ quadrant ⓘ zenith sector ⓘ
usedMethod	astronomical observations ⓘ triangulation ⓘ

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Joseph de Jussieu → participantIn → French Geodesic Mission to Peru ⓘ