Whitaker, Robert
The Mapmaker's Wife
- ISBN 13:
- 9780553815399
- author:
- Whitaker, Robert
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bantam
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 379
- Dimensions:
- 127mm X 198mm
- Genre:
- Biography: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
In 1735, a team of French scientists embarked on an expedition to measure the Earth's size and shape. Scaling the Andes and journeying along the online marketplaces, they faced numerous dangers, including madness, disease, and violent death. However, one member, Jean Godin, fell in love with a local girl named Isabel Grameson. When it was time for the expedition to return to France, Godin traveled ahead to ensure the way was safe for his new family. But on reaching French Guiana, disaster struck: Spain and Portugal closed their borders, leaving him stranded and unable to return to Isabel. This separation would become a defining moment in their lives. Isabel, believing she might never see her husband again, made an epic journey across the continent - a trek that began in hope but became hell on earth. Drawing on his own experience retracing this journey, as well as contemporary records, Robert Whitaker recounts a captivating true story of love and survival set against the backdrop of one of history's greatest expeditions.
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