1. Lives in Chanut's Västerlånggatan house

   1649-10-01 · Västerlånggatan, Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

   

   Descartes stayed in the Stockholm home of French diplomat Pierre Chanut and conducted barometric observations there. The street is documented, but the surviving source does not give a house number; coordinates represent Västerlånggatan.

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