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100 1 Ridley, Glynis.
245 14 The discovery of Jeanne Baret :|ba story of science, the
high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
/|cGlynis Ridley.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bCrown Publishers,|c[2010]
264 4 |c©2010
300 x, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 "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.
520 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 10 Baret, Jeanne,|d1740-1807.
600 10 Commerson, Philibert,|d1727-1773.
600 10 Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de,|ccomte,|d1729-1811.
650 0 Explorers|zFrance|vBiography.
650 0 Women explorers|zFrance|vBiography.
650 0 Botanists|zFrance|vBiography.
650 0 Women botanists|zFrance|vBiography.
650 0 Bougainvillea.
650 0 Voyages around the world|vEarly works to 1800.
994 02|bWHP
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