Episode 1182
Jeanne Baret
Tue, 2020-Jul-28 02:02 UTC
Length - 1:37
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With 224,005 views on Monday, 27 July 2020 our article of the day is Jeanne Baret.
Jeanne Baret 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.
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