Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The discovery of Jeanne Baret

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

patent documentbibliography

Oclc number

698361930

Responsibility statement

Glynis Ridley

Sub title

a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe

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

Table Of Contents

"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

Target audience

adult

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