02151cam a2200385 i 4500 239674866 TxAuBib 20150810120000.0 100430s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010016778 9780307463524 hc. 0307463524 hc. TxAuBib rda Ridley, Glynis. The discovery of Jeanne Baret [HC] : a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe / Glynis Ridley. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, 2010. x, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nb rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-271) and index. "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. 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. 20150810. Baret, Jeanne, 1740-1807. Commerson, Philibert, 1727-1773. Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811. Explorers France Biography. Women explorers France Biography. Botanists France Biography. Women botanists France Biography. Bougainvillea. Voyages around the world Early works to 1800.