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Tells the story of Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who in 1741 married Jean Godin, a member of a team of French mapmakers exploring South America, focusing on her three-thousand-mile trek down the length of the Amazon to reach her husband after they were separated on opposite sides of the continent--victims of international politics.

Profiles the cultural, geographic, and ethnic diversity of Ecuador and provides information on the country's history, religious institutions, literature, social customs, media, and visual and performing arts.