1st. Edition 'The Mapmaker's Wife' Hardback

A captivating book titled 'The Mapmaker's Wife' by Robert Whitaker. A riveting true story of reknown Isabel Gameson, an upperclass Peruvian woman who, in 1769, left her home to travel cross the Andes, down the Amazon River to join her husband in French Guiana. Prior to this astounding journey, Isabel had never wandered from her home in Peru. The story of her 3,000-mile trek through untamed territory is spellbinding. No woman (and few men) had ever undertaken such a journey. This is a first edition hardback in pristine condition.