Ridley, Glynis.

The discovery of Jeanne Baret : a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe / Glynis Ridley. - x, 288 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-271) and index.

9780307463524


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.
Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800.
Bougainvillea.