Philosophers of the Age of Exploration
The atlas holds 17 people and 318 moments here, from 1466 to 1650.
Moments
- 1644 Visits Paris during a French journey René Descartes
- 1646 Pascal household during Étienne's injury Blaise Pascal
- 1646 Birth in Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1647 Westminster School education John Locke
- 1647 Mathematical instructor to the Prince of Wales Thomas Hobbes
- 1647 Return to Paris and meeting with Descartes Blaise Pascal
- 1647 Meets Pascal in Paris René Descartes
- 1647 Returns to Egmond with Picot René Descartes
- 1648 Barometer experiment at Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie Blaise Pascal
- 1648 Flight from Paris during the Fronde Blaise Pascal
- 1648 Return to Paris during the Fronde Blaise Pascal
- 1648 Arrives in Fronde-era Paris René Descartes
- 1648 Interviewed by Frans Burman at Egmond René Descartes
- 1649 Leaves Egmond for Sweden René Descartes
- 1649 Arrives in Stockholm René Descartes
- 1649 Lives in Chanut's Västerlånggatan house René Descartes
- 1650 Tutors Queen Christina at Tre Kronor René Descartes
- 1650 Dies at Chanut's Stockholm residence René Descartes