The discovery of Jeanne Baret : a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe /
Ridley, Glynis.
New York : Crown Publishers,
c2010.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Baret, Jeanne, 1740-1807.
Commerson, Philibert, 1727-1773.
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811.
Explorers
Women explorers
Botanists
Women botanists
Bougainvillea.
Voyages around the world