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The discovery of Jeanne Baret a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe

In a deeply researched and engagingly written narrative of science, adventure, love, and an unprecedented voyage of discovery, Ridley reveals the true story of Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.

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Main Author:	Ridley, Glynis
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Baret, Jeanne, > 1740-1807. Explorers > France > Biography. Women explorers > Biography. Botanists > France > Biography. Women botanists > Biography. Commerson, Philibert, > 1727-1773. Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, > comte, > 1729-1811. Bougainvillea. Voyages around the world > Early works to 1800.
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Summary:	In a deeply researched and engagingly written narrative of science, adventure, love, and an unprecedented voyage of discovery, Ridley reveals the true story of Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
Physical Description:	288 p. : il. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.
ISBN:	9780307463524 (hc.) 0307463524 (hc.)
Author Notes:	GLYNIS RIDLEY is the author of Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe, which won the Institute of Historical Research (University of London) Prize. A British citizen, she is now a professor of English at the University of Louisville.