Team Member Yang Terlibat Dalam Misi Geodetik Peru
Ramai yang terlibat dalam misi geodetik Fraenc Academy of Science. Tergolong kepada tiga kumpulan - ahli geodetik, ahli politik dan pembantu/others.
Members of the Geodesic Mission
• Louis Godin (1704-1760): astronomer and original leader of the mission
• Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758): astronomer, mathematician, and hydrographer; de facto leader after Godin’s fall from authority
• Charles-Marie de La Gondamine (1701-1774): scientist and adventurer
• Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713-1773): Spanish naval officer and astronomer
• Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Guiral (1716-1795): Spanish naval officer and astronomer • Joseph de Jussieu (1704-1779): doctor and botanist
• Jean Seniergues (1704-1739): surgeon
• Jean-Joseph Verguin (1701-1777): engineer and cartographer
• Jean-Louis de Morainville (1707-circa 1765): draftsman and artist
• Theodore Hugo (died circa 1781): instrument maker
• Jean-Baptiste Godin des Odonais (1713-1792): assistant
• Jacques Couplet-Viguier (circa 1718-1736): assistant
Political Figures
• Jean-Frederic Philippe Phelypeaux, Comte de Maurepas (1701-1781): French minister of the navy and sponsor of the Geodesic Mission
• Jose Antonio de Mendoza Caamano y Sotomayor, Marques de Villagarcia de Arousa (1667-1746): Spanish viceroy of Peru during the mission
• Dionisio de Alsedo y Herrera (1690-1777): president of the Audiencia of Quito at the arrival of the mission
• Jose de Araujo y Rio (died 1754): succeeded Alsedo as president of Quito during the mission
Others
• Voltaire, or Frangois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778): author, friend of La Condamine
• Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759): astronomer, adversary of Bouguer
• Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704-1748): politician and geographer, accompanied La Condamine down the Amazon
• Isabel Godin des Odonais (1728-1792): wife of Jean Godin des Odonais, made harrowing journey down the Amazon.
Pierre Bouguer
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