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Ulloa Y De La Torre Giral, Antonio De
(b. Seville, Spain, 12 January ; d. Isla de Léon, Cádiz, Spain, 5 July ), natural history.
A mariner by profession, Ulloa was commissioned by the government, along with Jorge Juan y Santacilla, to accompany the expedition sent to America by the Paris Academy of Sciences to measure an arc of meridian ().
While returning to Spain he was captured by the English but took advantage of his stay in Britain to further his education.
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Upon reaching Madrid, he published, with Jorge Juan, Relación histórica del viaje a la América meridional (). The sections devoted to geology and other technical matters, written by Ulloa, include the first scientific description of the platinum found in the sands of the Río Pinto (Magdalena) in Colombia in “a stone of such resistance that it is very difficult to break or shatter it by striking it on a steel anvil.”It was studied by William Watson () and by Fran–ois Chavanneau in the Vergara laboratory ().
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