biography
| name: |
Lacondamine, Charles Marie de
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pronunciation:
[lakõdameen]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1701–74)
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| biography:
| Mathematician and scientist, born in Paris, France. He served in the army, travelled extensively, and was sent to Peru (1735–43) to measure a degree of the meridian. He explored the Amazon, and brought back the poison curare, as well as information on platinum and India rubber. |
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