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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c2010.
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| 005 | 20101229101600.0 | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Ridley, Glynis. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The discovery of Jeanne Baret : |b a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe / |c Glynis Ridley. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Crown Publishers, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 288 p. : |b il. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "a list of medicinal plants" : the botanist and the herb woman -- "To Jeanne Baret, also known as Jeanne de Bonnefoy" : a changed identity in Paris -- "A masquerade of devils" : crossing the line -- "Placing me under arrest" : the Bougainvillea and the South Atlantic -- "His beast of burden" : on the shores of the Strait of Magellan -- "Venus showed herself" : Tahiti exposed -- "The location of hell" : Baret on New Ireland -- "The true promised land" : making a home on Mauritius and botanizing on Madagascar -- "A monument more durable than a pyramid" : journey's end | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Baret, Jeanne, |d 1740-1807. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Explorers |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women explorers |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Botanists |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women botanists |v Biography. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Commerson, Philibert, |d 1727-1773. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, |c comte, |d 1729-1811. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Bougainvillea. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Voyages around the world |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0008904864 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 3414989 | ||
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| 949 | |a schlow |b SANBIO |c Baret |d i |e 39635102757372 |f 456596 |g loc |j 10/22/2010 | ||
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