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The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2022 race was the 12th edition and had six classes with 138 boats taking part. The events status as a qualification for event for the Vendee Globe lead to the largest most competitive fleet of IMOCA 60 class yachts gathered todate. [3]
Catherine Descartes (1637–1706) was a French poet and philosopher, and the niece of French philosopher René Descartes. [1] A prominent figure in the French salon movement, her best known works included "Shade of Descartes" ( "L'Ombre de Descartes") and Report on the Death of M. Descartes, the Philosopher. [1] [2] She was also interviewed by ...
Cubic. Snark. Table of graphs and parameters. In the mathematical field of graph theory, a Descartes snark is an undirected graph with 210 vertices and 315 edges. It is a snark, first discovered by William Tutte in 1948 under the pseudonym Blanche Descartes. [1]
Leslie's cube is a device used in the measurement or demonstration of the variations in thermal radiation emitted from different surfaces at the same temperature. Device [ edit ] It was devised in 1804 by John Leslie (1766–1832), a Scottish mathematician and physicist. [1]
The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoleon I in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085. The route begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked on March 1, 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. The road was inaugurated in 1932 and meanders from the ...
René Descartes. Principles of Philosophy ( Latin: Principia Philosophiae) is a book by René Descartes. In essence, it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. [1] It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship.
The Route des Grands Crus (roughly, "road of the great wines ") is the name of a tourist route situated in Burgundy, France . The approximately 60-kilometre route runs along the foot of the Côte d'Or escarpment, from Dijon in the north to Santenay in the south. Thus it runs through many of the great appellations of Burgundy wine, hence the ...
The North Road winding its way through Quebec's wilderness. Map of North Road in Quebec. The Route du Nord ( French for North Road) is an isolated wilderness road in central Quebec, Canada, connecting Chibougamau with the James Bay Road (French: Route de la Baie James) at km 275. It is 407 kilometres (253 mi) long, all of it unpaved.