Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Guiral was a Spanish Navy officer. He spent much of his career in the Americas, where he carried out important scientific work that earned him a reputation as one of the major figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, Ulloa achieved the rank of vice admiral.
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Birthplace of Jorge Juan in the city of Seville, located on the corner of Alfonso XII with Admiral Ulloa (formerly Clavel) streets.
Map by Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa of the triangulation carried out between Quito and Cuenca by the French Geodesic Mission to the Equator, in 1735-1744.
Illustration from Juan and Ulloa's, Voyage to South America, depicting three separate scenes: (1) on the left, an erupting volcano; (2) on the upper right, optical glories surrounded by a fog bow; and (3) on the lower right, arcs of white light near a mountaintop
Portrait by unknown artist, Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation
Ulloa's astronomical pendulum clock, which he purchased in London from instrument maker John Ellicott, on exhibit at the Naval Museum of Madrid
Engraving of the totality of the solar eclipse of June 24, 1778, after a drawing by Ulloa
Statue of Antonio de Ulloa in a niche on the façade of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, by artist José Alcoverro (1899)Writers born in the 1710s 6
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Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Guiral was a Spanish Navy officer. He spent much of his career in the Americas, where he carried out important scientific work that earned him a reputation as one of the major figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, Ulloa achieved the rank of vice admiral. He also served the Spanish Empire as an administrator in the Viceroyalty of Peru and as governor of Spanish Louisiana.
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