The Biography Shelf.The Biography Shelf The Mapmaker's Wife Robert Whitaker Robert Whitaker may refer to: Robert Whitaker, responsible for adding the fifth kingdom, Fungi, in 1969.
Basic Books 387 Park Ave. S Ave. abbr. avenue Ave. avenue Ave. abbr (= avenue) → Av., Avda ., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10016 0738208086 $25.00 basicbooks.com Robert Whitaker's The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The Amazon, is a biographically epic tale of discovery and exploration by a woman whose journey was inspired by love for a man she hadn't seen in 20 years. In 1769 Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who lived her life close to home, set out across the Andes and down the Amazon to rejoin her husband in French Guinea French Guinea: see Guinea, republic, Africa. . Her journey through untamed wilderness was one few had made before her, and provides a fascinating early story of achievement. |
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