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2 unusual facts about Charles Dupin


Giovanni Carandino

He studied mathematics during Cephalonia's occupation by the French in 1808, under the direction of Ecole polytechnique's alumnus Charles Dupin,a very good mathematician, who was a navy officer at that time.

Thematic map

Another 19th century example of thematic maps, according to Friendly (2008), was the earliest known choropleth map in 1826 created by Charles Dupin.



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