People · 1793–1864
Eugène Peytier
French military engineer and map-maker
Peytier led the mapping of the Peloponnese for the French scientific expedition and in 1829 used the landing stage at the mills of Lerna as the zero point for measuring heights.
Also written: Ευγένιος Πεϊτιέ, Jean-Pierre-Eugène-Félicien Peytier, Peytier
Events
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1829
Myloi's landing stage becomes the zero point of the map
The French surveyors under Eugène Peytier, who made the first modern map of the Peloponnese, chose the landing stage of the mills at Lerna as the starting point for measuring heights, at 0.85 metres above the sea. The…