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001    ocn606763568 
003    OCoLC 
005    20101230010002.0 
008    100430t20102010nyuaf    b    001 0beng   
010      2010016778 
020    9780307463524|qhardcover 
020    0307463524|qhardcover 
035    (OCoLC)606763568 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dUPZ|dJAI 
043    e-fr--- 
049    WHPP 
050 00 G440.B225|bR53 2010 
082 00 910.4092|aB|222 
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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