scientific expeditions

The author shares the story of her dangerous journeys throughout Southeast Asia, along with evolutionary biologist Gary Galbreath, in search of the golden moon bear and evidence that will prove whether or not it is a previously unknown species or subspecies.

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.

Examines some of the unique life-forms that have been found by scientists exploring the deep oceans, and looks at the innovative technologies used to make the discoveries.

Volume two of a two-volume set featuring alphabetically arranged entries from M to Z profiling influential scientific expeditions and discoveries from the early fifteenth century to the early twenty-first century.

The author shares the story of her dangerous journeys throughout Southeast Asia, along with evolutionary biologist Gary Galbreath, in search of the golden moon bear and evidence that will prove whether or not it is a previously unknown species or subspecies.