Title: Searching for Isabel Godin
First published: 1994
Description: "Popular account of the Mission geodésique of 1735 and of Isabel Godin's 1769 trek from her native Riobamba to the mouth of the Amazon to rejoin her husband, whom she had not seen in 20 years. An enjoyable read, but marred by inadequate research"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Biography, Description and travel, History, Mission géodésique (France), Scientific expeditions, Travel, Women, biography, Journeys
Places: Amazon River Region, Ecuador, France
People: Celia Wakefield (1916-), Isabelle de Grandmaison Godin des Odonais (b. 1728?), Jean Godin des Odonais (1712-1792)
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: F2546 .W17 1994