Descartes: A Biography

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Appendix

Places Where Descartes Lived

Note: some of the places and dates are only approximate, especially for the

years when Descartes was travelling in Europe. This list includes foreign

travel, but not relatively brief local journeys, such as visits to The Hague

or Amsterdam, during periods when he was renting accommodation else-

where in the United Provinces.

Place Date

La Haye (France) –/?

Chˆatellerault (France) /–

College of La Fl`eche (France) Easter–September

Poitiers (France) –December

Breda (United Provinces) (early)–April

Copenhagen (Denmark), Frankfurt (Germany) April–July/September

Neuburg (Germany) November

Germany November–November?

United Provinces? November–Spring?

Brittany and Poitou Spring–Spring?

Paris March–September?

Travels to Italy September–May

Paris –

Brittany Winter–?

Dordrecht (Holland) October

Paris November–March

Franeker (United Provinces) April–September

Amsterdam October–May

Leiden May/June

Amsterdam Summer?–Summer

Denmark Summer

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