Title: The lost lady of the Amazon
First published: 2003
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.
Subjects: Mission géodésique (France), Description and travel, Adventure and adventurers, Scientific expeditions, Travel, Social conditions, History, Biography, Women travelers, Expedities, South america, history, South america, description and travel
Places: Amazon River Region, South America
People: Isabelle de Grandmaison Godin des Odonais (1727-1792), Isabelle de Grandmaison Godin des Odonais (b. 1728?), Jean Godin des Odonais (1712-1792)
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: F2546 .S683 2003