Francisco Díaz Covarrubias: to the Memory of an Illustrious Character of Mexican Geography - Kiosco of History

The 19th century astronomy was dominated by the interest of determining with great precision the position of the stars and the measurement of time. The relationship of these themes with terrestrial cartography is very close, which caused some of those studying the career of surveyor engineer or geographer engineer in Mexico to develop a great interest in astronomy. The most prominent Mexican astronomer of the 19th century was undoubtedly Francis…