The lost lady of the Amazon
Subtitle: the story of Isabela Godin and her epic journey
By: Anthony Smith.
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers; Carroll & Graf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, b. 1728? -- Travel -- Amazon River Region; Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1712-1792 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region; Mission géodésique (France); Adventure and adventurers -- Biography; Scientific expeditions -- Amazon River Region -- History -- 18th century; Amazon River Region -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
Description: Describes the epic odyssey of Isabela Godin des Odonais, an eighteenth-century aristocrat, who braved the perils of the Amazon to undertake a three-thousand-mile journey marked by hardship, starvation, danger, and death.
Notes: Includes index.