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Stock# 44619
Description
Highly detailed map of an area on the Kingdom of Quito, illustrating the survey lines of Charles Marie de La Condamine.
Charles Marie de La Condaminewas, 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.
Condition Description
3 sheets - unjoined.
![A Geographical Chart: or, A Scheme, Comprehending The Most Important Particulars Relative To The Geography of North and South-America. : Designed to be an Auxiliary to the Student. Carefully Compiled from the Best authorities, by Amos Bingham [Copy-Right Secured]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/41406.jpg)
