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TIL Isabel Godin des Odonais (1728–1792) was separated from her husband in South America for over 20 years due to colonial politics. She was the only survivor of a 42-person, 3,000-mile expedition through the Amazon Basin to rejoin him. They reunited in 1770 and later returned to France.

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