The a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe Ridley, Glynis. creator text bibliography biography nyu 2010 First paperback edition monographic eng

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x, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. The year was 1765. Eminent botanist Philibert Commerson had just been appointed to a grand new expedition: the first French circumnavigation of the world. As the ships' official naturalist, Commerson would seek out resources--medicines, spices, timber, food--that could give the French an edge in the ever-accelerating race for empire. 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. "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 -- Epilogue: What happened next -- Afterword to the paperback edition -- Notes and references -- A note on texts, translations, naval time, and names -- Sources and select bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Glynis Ridley. Include index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-271) e-fr--- Baret, Jeanne 1740-1807 Commerson, Philibert 1727-1773 comte Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de 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 Explorers France G440.B225 R53 2010 910.4092 B 9780307463524 0307463524 9780307463531 9780307463548 pucpr 100430 20241011113207.0 eng