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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the ~ While Jeanne Baret is a fascinating subject and admirable heroine for any woman the execution of The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe suffers as Glynis Ridley interjects too much supposition for a woman who left virtually no paper trail

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of ~ The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe Hardcover – Bargain Price December 28 2010

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of ~ In The Discovery of Jeanne Baret Glynis Ridley unravels the conflicting accounts recorded by Baret’s crewmates to piece together the real story how Baret’s identity was in fact widely suspected within just a couple of weeks of embarking and the painful consequences of those suspicions the newly discovered notebook written in Baret’s own hand that proves her scientific acumen and the thousands of specimens she collected most famously the showy vine bougainvillea

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the ~ The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Ridley Glynis 20101228 Hardcover Hardcover – 1600 by Ridley Glynis Author

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the ~ The Discovery of Jeanne Baret tells the remarkable story of the first woman to circumnavigate the globe—who did so disguised as a man In 1766 a French peasant named Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a teenage boy in order to work as principal assistant to the naturalist Philibert Commerson royal appointee to the first French circumnavigation

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the ~ The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Glynis Ridley 2010 by Laurie Wood In late 1774 or early 1775 a woman named Jeanne Baret became the first woman to have circumnavigated the globe landing in France after nearly a decade of global travel that took her from provincial France to places like Tierra del Fuego Tahiti and Mauritius

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of ~ In The Discovery of Jeanne Baret Glynis Ridley unravels the conflicting accounts recorded by Baret’s crewmates to piece together the real story how Baret’s identity was in fact widely suspected within just a couple of weeks of embarking and the painful consequences of those suspicions the newly discovered notebook written in Baret’s

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret NPR ~ A Female Explorer Discovered On The High Seas December 26 2010 • Jeanne Baret didnt set out to be the first woman to circumnavigate the globe when she stepped aboard the Etoile in 1766

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the ~ The Discovery of Jeanne Baret A Story of Science the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Glynis Ridley Overview The year was 1765