In the 2nd session of the 1st cycle of Dialogues between literature and science: the measurement and representation of the world, we will talk about the expedition that the Academy of Sciences of Paris carried out in Ecuador for the measurement of a degree of latitude during the first half 18th century. On the table […]
New review of famous expedition that, between 1736 and 1744, the Science Academy of París propelled to measure a degree of Meridian near to the equator, specifically in the region of the Andes, in the Audience of Quito, the under Spanish control. The expedition was guided by Louis Godin and La Condomina and participated, by the Spanish Crown, Jorge […]
To celebrare the 70th anniversary of the Ordre des Géomètres Experts (OGE), the professional association of French topographers , signposted the past 10 of June the pace of the Paris Meridian for the Hispanic-French boundary, between Coll de Pal and Costabona, the municipality of Suitcases, over 2300 metres. The mark consists in a granite milestone that indicates the direction […]