French Geodesic Mission to Peru

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific research
gptkbp:endDate	1745
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	French Geodesic Mission to Peru
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Alexander_von_Humboldt development of the metric system later geodetic surveys
gptkbp:instrument	quadrant zenith sector baseline measurement rods
gptkbp:location	Quito, Peru (now Ecuador)
gptkbp:member	gptkb:Charles_Marie_de_La_Condamine gptkb:Antonio_de_Ulloa gptkb:Pierre_Bouguer gptkb:Jorge_Juan gptkb:Louis_Godin
gptkbp:notableFor	contributions to natural history contributions to geodesy first major international scientific expedition contributions to cartography contributions to ethnography
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Bouguer's_La_Figure_de_la_Terre La Condamine's reports
gptkbp:purpose	measure the length of a degree of latitude at the equator
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Lapland shape of the Earth debate
gptkbp:result	confirmed Earth is an oblate spheroid
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Spain gptkb:Kingdom_of_France
gptkbp:startDate	1735
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pierre_Bouguer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6