The Mapmaker's Wife (50 page)

In Riobamba, I am particularly thankful to Adela Irene Moscoso Valarezo, director of the Colegio de Isabel Godin. In an interview,
she provided much insight into how extraordinary it was for a woman of eighteenth-century Peru to make the journey that Isabel did and into why Isabel remains an inspiration to the school’s students today. Finally, in Quito, the friendly staff at Casa Sol made the bed-and-breakfast feel like home while I did research there.

I owe a tremendous debt to Amanda Cook, my editor at Basic Books. At the outset, she helped me conceive of how to tell the story, and once I turned in a first draft, she improved it in innumerable ways. She also provided much-appreciated encouragement and guidance throughout the time I was working on the book. I am also grateful to Kathy Delfosse for the skillful copy-editing and to the many others at Perseus who make it such a wonderful house for writers. And as always, my agent Jane Dystel provided me with thoughtful advice and help throughout this lengthy process, starting with the shaping of the initial proposal.

Finally, I am thankful to my wife, Andrea, and my three children, Rabi, Zoey, and Dylan, for their continued love and support.

Index

Acuña, Cristóbal de,
181
,
184
,
190
,
193
,
258

Aguirre, Lope de,
179

Almagro, Diego de,
171

Alsedo y Herrera, Dionesio de,
88
,
95–96
,
102
,
112
,
298

and La Condamine,
99–102

replacement of,
109–110

Altar volcano,
173–174

Altitude measurements,
68
,
122

Amadís de Gaula,
36–37

Amazon River,
3
,
164
,
169
,
175–193
,
200
,
206
,
258
,
279

discovery of mouth of,
175

maps of,
183(illus.)
,
185(illus.)
,
188
,
193(illus.)
,
195(illus.)

population decline along,
193

See also
Marañón River

Amazons (women warriors),
38
,
40
,
43–44
,
44(illus.)
,
58
,
175
,
178
,
182
,
190

Andes mountains,
80
,
88
,
90–91
,
118
,
119
,
164
,
170
,
175
,
176
,
195
,
226
,
124
,
272

Guanacas Pass,
158

Andoas (mission station),
231
,
239
,
240
,
243
,
251
,
253
,
262
,
264
,
274
,
275–276

Animals.
See
Wildlife

Ants,
256–257
,
258
,
270

Aparia the Great,
177

Araujo y Río, Joseph de,
110
,
111–113
,
298

Aristotle,
9
,
14

Armendáriz, José de (Marqués de Castelfuerte),
32
,
33
,
298

Atahualpa (Inca ruler),
40–41
,
42
,
43(illus.)
,
94
,
124

Auschwitz survivors,
271–272

Aztecs,
39
,
54

Azuays,
129–130
,
131

Baños (town),
232
,
234
,
235
,
237
,
267

Barbasco root,
191

Barometers,
66
,
68
,
79
,
115
,
122
,
129

Barry, David,
289

Bats,
240
,
243
,
250
,
259

Belém do Pará,
179
.
See also
Pará

Benalcázar, Sebastián de,
94

Benavides José,
102

Bernoulli, Johann,
26
,
29
,
126
,
298

Birds,
234
,
242
,
248
,
250
,
259

Biscay, Acarete du,
59

Blechynden, Thomas,
113

Bobonaza River,
237
,
238
,
240–242
,
243–245
,
249
,
252(illus.)
,
254
,
257
,
275

Bogé, Phelipe,
230
,
244
,
246
,
262
,
263

Botflies,
258
,
274
,
281

Bouguer, Pierre,
29
,
47
,
49–50
,
49(illus.)
,
51
,
60
,
64
,
65
,
66
,
67
,
68
,
70–71
,
77
,
78
,
80–81
,
82
,
83
,
89
,
83
,
96
,
101
,
103
,
109
,
114
,
115
,
117
,
120
,
121
,
125–126
,
128–129
,
130
,
142
,
145
,
158
,
162
,
163
,
164
,
166

death of,
287

disparagement of La Condamine,
196–197

Bourbon kings,
60
,
61
,
107

Brazil,
229

Bridges,
86–87
,
90
,
96
,
186
,
232
,
235
,
236(illus.)

Bry, Theodore de,
55
,
56(illus.)

Buffon, Georges Leclerc de,
208
,
292
,
298–299

Bullfighting,
142–143
,
174

Burnet, Thomas,
25

Burriel, Andres,
197

Canada,
220

Cañar (town),
130

Candiru fish,
249

Canelos (village),
231
,
235
,
237
,
238–240

Cannibalism,
251

Caoutchouc,
163

Carib Indians,
67
.
206

Carletti, Francesco,
56
,
58–59

Carmelites,
193
,
201

Cartagena, Peru,
71
,
72–75
,
99
,
158
,
159
,
199

Carvajal, Gaspar de,
44
,
177
,
178
,
190

Cassini, Jean-Dominique,
18
,
19–20
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
28
,
29
,
102
,
103
,
126
,
194
,
299