03656cam a2200577 4500 761770330 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 110126s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307463548 electronic bk. 0307463540 electronic bk. B003EJDGHI Amazon af0915bf-db1c-4454-b5d7-f779ea55474d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 481134 OverDrive (Product ID) 200271 200271 200271 (OCoLC)698361930 TEFOD TEFOD TXN TxAuBib Ridley, Glynis. Discovery of Jeanne Baret. The discovery of Jeanne Baret [Libby] : a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe / Glynis Ridley. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, 2010. 1 online resource (x, 288 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2945kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Includes bibliographical references 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. 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. Electronic books. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=AF0915BF-DB1C-4454-B5D7-F779EA55474D https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/AF0/915/BF/DiscoveryofJeanneBaretAStoryofScience9780307463548.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AF0915BF-DB1C-4454-B5D7-F779EA55474D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/AF0/915/BF/DiscoveryofJeanneBaretAStoryofScience9780307463548.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AF0915BF-DB1C-4454-B5D7-F779EA55474D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/AF0/915/BF/DiscoveryofJeanneBaretAStoryofScience9780307463548.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AF0915BF-DB1C-4454-B5D7-F779EA55474D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8