Article ID: CBB633965755

Sustained cartographic innovations in nascent French Canada: the life and times of Jean Deshayes (2020)

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Jean Deshayes, a teacher of mathematics in his native France, single-handedly put Québec on the map, literally. An accomplished astronomer, he used the lunar eclipse of 10-11 December 1685 to determine the settlement's longitude to unprecedented (although most likely fortuitously high) accuracy for the times. Deshayes contributed invaluable practical insights to the most important contemporary scientific debate-the discussion regarding the shape and size of the Earth-which still resonate today. Over the course of several decades and equipped with an increasingly sophisticated suite of surveyor's instruments, his careful scientific approach to hydrography and cartography of Canada's Saint Lawrence River is an excellent example of the zeitgeist associated with the seventeenth century's 'Scientific Revolution.'

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Authors & Contributors
Kuna, Jakub
Rosenbaum, Julia B.
Capello, Ernesto
Shannon, William D.
Morfouli, Meropi
Moema de Rezende Vergara
Concepts
Maps; atlases
Cartography
Surveying
Longitude and latitude
Geography
Geodesy
Time Periods
17th century
19th century
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
16th century
Early modern
Places
Poland
Germany
France
Europe
China
Beijing (China)
Institutions
Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (Polish Military Geographical Institute)
Habsburg, House of
Observatório Nacional (Brazil)
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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