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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.
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