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Earth-Sun Distance Estimate
Supports an improved estimate of the distance between Earth and Sun.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cayenne in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Supports an improved estimate of the distance between Earth and Sun.
Observes Mars from Cayenne for comparison with measurements in France.
Royalist movements are banished & many deputies move to Cayenne
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Cayenne. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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