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Description edit
The year is 1735. A decade-long expedition to South America is launched by a team of French scientists racing to measure the circumference of the earth and to reveal the mysteries of a little-known continent to a world hungry for discovery and knowledge. From this extraordinary journey arose... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jean Godin: Add a description of this character.
- Isabel Godin
- Bouguer
- Juan
- Ulloa
- Charles-marie De La Condamine
- Pedro Maldonado
- Maupertuis
- Pizarro
- Descartes
- Leon
- Alsedo
- Seniergues
- Louis Godin
- Riobamba
- Atahualpa
- Martin
- El Dorado
- Pedro Grameson
- Carmen
- Romero
- Orellana
- Verguin
- Araujo
- Hugo
- Philip
- Cassini
- Neyra
- Rocha
- Manuela
- Choiseul
- Rebell
- Suasti
- Grace
- Martel
- Jussieu
- Madame Godin
- Ptolemy
- Serrano
- Morainville
Setting & Locations edit
- Quito Audiencia
- Amazon
- France
- Peru
- Spain
- Europe
- Paris
- Cartagena
- Bobonaza
- Lima
- Andoas
- Cuenca
- Portugal
- South America
- Guayaquil
- Para
- French Guiana
- England
- Atlantic
- Lapland
- Loreto
- Canelos
- Oyapock
- Omaguas
- Castile
- London
- Jupiter
- Panama City
- Pastaza
- Madrid
- Mexico
- Tarqui
- Saint Amand
- Rio Negro
- Tungurahua
- Cayenne
- Pichincha
- Cadiz
- Mount Chimborazo
- Cajabamba
- West Indies
- Cuba
- Alexandria
- Yaruqui
First Sentence edit
TODAY THE ECUADORIAN VILLAGE of Cajabamba, which is about 110 miles south of Quinto, is a place of little note.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Whitaker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0738208086
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0738208086
Page Count: 368
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 981.1032092
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