Pedro Vicente Maldonado

Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Portrait of Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1936), by Enrique Gomezjurado, in Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum, Quito, Ecuador.
Born	Pedro Vicente Maldonado Palomino y Flores (1704-11-24)November 24, 1704 Riobamba, Viceroyalty of Peru (present-day Ecuador)
Died	November 7, 1748(1748-11-07) (aged 43) London, England
Occupation(s)	Horseman of the Golden Key Gentleman of the Camera Lieutenant of Magistrate Governor of the Emerald Province Mayor of the City of Riobamba
Known for	The Spanish-French Geodesic Mission
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Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission. As well as a physicist and a mathematician, Maldonado was an astronomer, topographer, and geographer.