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Explorer and devout Catholic. He dedicated himself to mapping Ethiopia. Inventor of expeditious geodesy, an extremely precise surveying method which he put into practice in Ethiopia. Specialist in the Basque language.
Diplomat, writer, geographer and historian.
Geographer and historian of geography, member of the Academy of Inscriptions, founder of the Ethnographic Society.
An Italian geographer, correspondent of the Institute, director of the geography office in Florence, he was in charge of the geographical division of the departments comprising Tuscany during the occupation by Napoleonic troops.
Geographer, curator of the geographical map collections at the National Library (1802), founder of the Geographical Society (1821).
First geographer to the king, member of the Academy of Sciences (1770), chief geographical engineer. He was tasked with drawing up maps of the bailiwicks of the kingdom in 1788.
Secretary General of the Geographical Society, librarian in the maps and plans department of the National Library.
A sailor and hydrographic engineer, he took part in Vaillant's circumnavigation voyage on the Bonite in 1836-1837, and wrote the 4 volumes of physical observations.
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