French Geodesic Mission to Ecuador

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific research
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission gptkb:French_Geodesic_Expedition_to_the_Equator
gptkbp:collaboratedWith	gptkb:Spanish_Crown
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:France
gptkbp:countryTraversed	gptkb:Ecuador gptkb:Peru
gptkbp:endDate	1744
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy	gptkb:astronomy cartography geodesy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	helped resolve debate over Earth's shape
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	French Geodesic Mission to Ecuador
gptkbp:influenced	subsequent geodetic expeditions
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Quito,_Ecuador
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Charles_Marie_de_La_Condamine gptkb:Antonio_de_Ulloa gptkb:Pierre_Bouguer gptkb:Jorge_Juan gptkb:Louis_Godin
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:purpose	measure the length of a degree of latitude at the equator determine the shape of the Earth
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Lapland
gptkbp:resultedIn	scientific publications improved geodetic measurements confirmation that the Earth is flattened at the poles
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:King_Louis_XV_of_France
gptkbp:startDate	1735
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Antonio_de_Ulloa
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6