The discovery of Jeanne Baret
a story of science the high seas and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
Book - 2010
In a deeply researched 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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Crown Publishers, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |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 and index. | ||
| 520 | |a In a deeply researched 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. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Women explorers |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Botanists |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women botanists |z France |v Biography. | |
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, |c comte, |d 1729-1811. |
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