page_title: Jeanne Baret
hierarchical_section_title: Jeanne Baret
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeanne Barre
context_page_description: Jeanne Baret was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's colonial expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe.
  Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon, shortly before Bougainville's ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville's account, Baret was herself an expert botanist.
context_section_description: Jeanne Baret ([ʒan ba.ʁɛ]; July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's colonial expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman  to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe.
  Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville's ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville's account, Baret was herself an expert botanist.
caption: Imagined portrait of Jeanne Baret dressed as a sailor, dating from 1817, after her death.
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