Surveying the height of a mountain. Surveyors using triangulating equipment to measure the height of a mountain (left). Artwork published in Mesure de
Surveying the height of a mountain. Surveyors using triangulating equipment to measure the height of a mountain (left). Artwork published in Mesure des Trois Premiers Degrees du Meridien dans l'Hemisphere Austral (1751) by the French mathematician, explorer and geographer Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774).
Size: 6496px × 2872px
Photo credit: © ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1700s, 1751, 18th, adult, altitude, artwork, base, black--white, camp, cartography, caucasian, century, charles, condamine, condamines, dans, de, degrees, des, du, equator, equipment, european, expedition, exploration, explorer, french, geographer, geographical, geography, height, hemisphere, historical, history, human, illustration, la, lhemisphere, male, man, marie, measurement, measurements, measuring, meridian, meridien, mesure, monochrome, mountain, observatory, people, person, premiers, quadrant, science, southern, survey, surveying, surveyor, tent, triangulating, triangulation, trois, tropics
