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"La Condamine's voyage": 21/02/2010
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". From Nieva to Sarameriza via the Pongo. In Washurú's coffee shop with Eduardo and Frans. Eduardo Tapia taking pictures in the "deslizador", the boat in which we are going through the Pongo. Then the great moment has come, we head for the Pongo! After having passed ...
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"La Condamine's voyage": 21/03/2010
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". Last days in Suriname. The Presidential Palace where La Condamine was invited to stay by the dutch governor Mauricius. He measured: "5 degrés 49 minutes septentrionale". Patrick Pesnot; samedi 27 février 2010. La guerre civile au Suriname. Il faut ajouter que le vo...
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"La Condamine's voyage": 14/03/2010
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". From Cayenne to Paramaribo. Left: Title page of an interesting work about La Condamine found in the Archives of Cayenne. A charming, little booklet about La Condamine's voyage. Phil Boré and Philippe Guyot, at the Bibliothèque Franconie,. I thought that I could bet...
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"La Condamine's voyage": 20/01/2013
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". From January 27 to February 18, 2012, we travelled through Surinam as a group of rowers from “Roeiclub Naarden”. The historic disunity of Suriname". President Desi Bouterse on the cover of a dutch History Magazine (September 2012, no. 6). During our past journeys i...
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"La Condamine's voyage": Journey to Florida, Texas and California
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". Journey to Florida, Texas and California. From where in the world did the fear come for anthropogenic production of greenhouse gases and climate change? Super Bowl football in Arlington, Texas: a Pittsburg "Steeler" dives on a Green Bay "Packer". Our host, A.Z&...
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"La Condamine's voyage": 09/05/2010
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". Also, when preparaing the journey, we could make use of Google Earth. But did that really help us? A real good map is the “Carta Hidrografica”, but we only obtained it when we were already in Iquitos! In the center of this picture from the dutch “Bos-Atlas...
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Java 1933: un blog posthume: Link to Dutch Blog
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Java 1933: un blog posthume. Ce blog est la transcription des lettres hebdomadaires d'une jeune femme, Nelly, vivant à Java avec son mari, envoyées à sa famille en Suisse. A l'époque elle a écrit cette correspondance sur une machine à écrire portative Hermes, reçue en cadeau de mariage avant leur départ pour les Indes Néerlandaises. Ces lettres s'échelonnent de septembre 1933 à février 1942. Who is who, index des personnes. Link to Dutch Blog. Link to Dutch Blog. Should you want to read about Java 1933.
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"La Condamine's voyage": 28/02/2010
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". From Manaus to Santarem. A little street in Manaus just behind the port. Writing my blog in a cool room and at a good table! 1/3 Monday. GPS position Manaus: S 3° 8' 21' , W 60° 1'36' and altitude 4 m. How much cleaner and better organized does this quay now look!
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"La Condamine's voyage": Impressions of my visit to Iran: 29 April to 5 May
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". Impressions of my visit to Iran: 29 April to 5 May. My guide" and sister in the beautiful garden of the Golestan Palace in Teheran. I could not testify. My guide, checking slides before her presentation for the thesis defense session at the Institute in Zanjan.
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"La Condamine's voyage": 22/05/2011
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In this blog I want to share my admiration for travelers like La Condamine (1701-1774) who went down the Amazone river without much more than an old map (of Samuel Fritz, 1707) and some measuring instruments. Blog in dutch: "Roeien en Reizen". After Iran: Visit to New York and Vermont - May 7-23, 2011. Driving through the "green" states of New York and Vermont, the deserts and towns of Iran seem far away. However, the discussions, comments and newspapers here kept reminding me of my Iranian experience.
