论文标题
持续的制图创新在新生法国加拿大
Sustained cartographic innovations in nascent French Canada
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论文摘要
Jean Deshayes是他的祖国法国数学老师，单枪匹马地将魁北克列为地图。他是一位出色的天文学家，他使用了1685年12月10日至11日的月食，以确定定居点对时代前所未有的（尽管很可能很高）的精度。 Deshayes为当代最重要的科学辩论提供了宝贵的实践见解 - 关于地球的形状和大小的讨论 - 今天仍然引起了共鸣。在过去的几十年中，他配备了越来越复杂的测量师的工具，他对加拿大圣劳伦斯河的水文学和制图的仔细科学方法是与17世纪“科学革命”相关的时代精神的一个很好的例子。
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 17th century's "Scientific Revolution."
