Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Whitaker, Robert. Title: The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon / Robert Whitaker. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, ©2004. Description: xiv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Summary: Relates the eighteenth-century story of Jean Godin and his wife, Isabel, stranded at opposite ends of the Amazon River after Jean's epic exploration of South America, and describes Isabel's journey to reunite with her husband. Subjects: Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, 1728?- -- Travel -- Amazon River Region. Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1713-1792. Mission géodésique (France) Scientific expeditions -- Ecuador -- History -- 18th century. Amazon River Region -- Description and travel. Ecuador -- Biography. France -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index. Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.4 17.0 81084. Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 9.4 17 SD Quiz 81084 English non-fiction. Contents: A Sunday in 1769 -- Not quite round -- A daughter of Peru -- The mapmakers -- Voyage to Quito -- Measuring the baseline -- High-altitude science -- Death in the afternoon -- Marriage in Quito -- Down the Amazon -- A continent apart -- Lost on the Bobonaza -- Into the jungle -- Deliverance -- Saint Amand. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2003026902 ISBN: 0738208086 9780738208084 Other Number: 53939230 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 136342 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 980.013 Godin de Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
