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a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon
xiv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.
Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison