[La Condamine, Charles Marie de]:

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LETTRE A MADAME *** SUR L'EMEUTE POPULAIRE EXCITEE EN LA VILLE DE CUENCA AU PEROU, LE 29. D'AOUT 1839. CONTRE LES ACADEMICIENS DES SCIENCES, ENVOYES POUR LA MESURE DE LA ... La Condamine was a member of a scientific party dispatched to the equator by the French Academy of Science to assist in the exact measurement of the size of the earth, and their findings resulted in some of the most informative and interesting works of the time. In addition to their scientific observations, the expedition is famous for the tragic event narrated in the present work (here in the first edition), the murder of the expedition's surgeon in Cuenacas for his involvement with a local woman. The plate depicts the riot which took place in the arena in Cuenacas, where the surgeon was killed. This work was also published with accounts of the voyage.

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