Plaque de la rue de l'Admiral Mouchez a Paris - Street Plaque in Paris -...

Plaque de la rue de l'Admiral Mouchez a Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du XIIIème arrondissement de Paris, in tribute to Amedee Ernest Barthelemy Mouchez (1821 - 1892), naval officer. In 1874 he led an expedition sent to Saint Paul Island (Indian Ocean) to observe Venus's passage before the Sun. From 1878 to 1892 he directed the Paris Observatory. In 1887, he was the promoter of the “Map of Heaven”, a project to draw up the photographic map of the whole sky, bringing together 18 observatories around the world. Rue de l'Admiral Mouchez, street sign. French naval officer, Amedee Ernest Barthelemy Mouchez (1821 - 1892) was director of the Paris observatory and launched the Carte du Ciel project in 1887