Jorge Juan y Santacilia
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Jorge Gaspar Juan y Santacilia was a Spanish naval officer, mathematician, scientist, astronomer and engineer. He is generally regarded as one of the most important scientific figures of the Enlightenment in Spain.
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Birth home of Jorge Juan in the estate El Fondonet (also known as El Hondón), located in the town of Novelda, in the province of Alicante
Extract from the handwritten document on "Proofs of Nobility, Life, and Habits of Mr. Jorge Juan y Santacilia" of 1725, part of Juan's application to enter the Order of Malta
Portrait of António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, by Enrico Regnaud, ca. 1725. The page on the right, who holds the sword and shield, is believed to be a young Jorge Juan.
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.
The Burning of Payta, November 1741, oil on canvas by Samuel Scott, mid 18th century, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Frontispiece and title page of Astronomical and Physical Observations Made by Order of His Majesty in the Kingdoms of Peru, published in 1748 by Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa.
Drawing of the ship of the line Guerrero, built in 1755 in the naval shipyard of Ferrol, according to Jorge Juan's "English system"Awards 1
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About this person
Jorge Gaspar Juan y Santacilia was a Spanish naval officer, mathematician, scientist, astronomer and engineer. He is generally regarded as one of the most important scientific figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, he undertook sensitive diplomatic missions for the Spanish crown and contributed to the modernization and professionalization of the Spanish Navy. In his lifetime, he came to be known as el sabio español. His career as a public servant constitutes an important chapter in the Bourbon Reforms of the 18th century.
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