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The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon, Robert Whitaker
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- Summary
- Tells the story of Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who in 1741 married Jean Godin, a member of a team of French mapmakers exploring South America, focusing on her three-thousand-mile trek down the length of the Amazon to reach her husband after they were separated on opposite sides of the continent--victims of international politics
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Delta trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 353 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780385337205
- Label
- The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon
- Title
- The mapmaker's wife
- Title remainder
- a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Whitaker
- Subject
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- Amazon River Region
- Amazon River Region -- Description and travel
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Ecuador
- Ecuador -- Biography
- France
- France -- Biography
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, 1728?-
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, 1728?- -- Travel -- Amazon River Region
- 1700-1799
- Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1713-1792
- History
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Scientific expeditions
- Scientific expeditions -- Ecuador -- History -- 18th century
- Travel
- Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1713-1792
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tells the story of Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who in 1741 married Jean Godin, a member of a team of French mapmakers exploring South America, focusing on her three-thousand-mile trek down the length of the Amazon to reach her husband after they were separated on opposite sides of the continent--victims of international politics
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitaker, Robert
- Dewey number
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- 981/.1032/092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F2546
- LC item number
- .W46 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison
- Godin des Odonais, Jean
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison
- Godin des Odonais, Jean
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Amazon River Region
- Scientific expeditions
- Ecuador
- France
- Scientific expeditions
- Travel
- Amazon River Region
- Ecuador
- France
- Label
- The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon, Robert Whitaker
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocm57373846
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Delta trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 353 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385337205
- Lccn
- 2004276621
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57373846
- Label
- The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon, Robert Whitaker
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocm57373846
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Delta trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 353 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385337205
- Lccn
- 2004276621
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57373846
Subject
- Amazon River Region
- Amazon River Region -- Description and travel
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Ecuador
- Ecuador -- Biography
- France
- France -- Biography
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, 1728?-
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, 1728?- -- Travel -- Amazon River Region
- 1700-1799
- Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1713-1792
- History
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Scientific expeditions
- Scientific expeditions -- Ecuador -- History -- 18th century
- Travel
- Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1713-1792
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