The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

by Glynis Ridley

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307463524
• ISBN13: 9780307463524
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"