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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed By
- Glynis Ridley
- Signed
- Yes
- Inscribed
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780307463524
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307463524
ISBN-13
9780307463524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84265925
Product Key Features
Book Title
Discovery of Jeanne Baret : A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Women, Adventurers & Explorers, Essays & Travelogues, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-016778
Reviews
"A powerful story of a brave and intelligent woman who battled against the odds to live the life she wanted. Finally, Jeanne Baret's contributions to botany and world exploration have been brought to light in this wonderful book."-Amanda Foreman, author ofGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire "A mesmerizing read . . . The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, woven from impeccable research and keen detective work, introduces readers to a memorable eighteenth-century female scientist who deserves to be remembered for her contributions to botany, and for her extraordinary courage and perseverance. Readers will be pulling for Jeanne Baret as she circumnavigates the world, her pistol ever ready by her side. The world of eighteenth-century seafaring expeditions comes alive in this fine book."-Robert Whitaker, author ofThe Mapmaker's Wife "Through skillful sleuthing and impressive research into the life of her eighteenth-century heroine, the courageous Jeanne Baret, Glynis Ridley has produced a gripping tale of romance, male prejudice, exploration, and scientific discovery. A great read-and all the better that it's true!"-Julia Fox, author ofJane Boleyn "An inquisitive biography of the first woman to circle the globe by sea… Ridley has definitely done her homework in recognizing Baret as an overlooked but important historical figure."-Kirkus Reviews, "Thrilling and incensing…Woven throughout this gripping story are Ridley's piquant insights into eighteenth-century exploration, botany, taxonomy, biopiracy, and sexism. Baret could not have asked for a more exacting and expressive champion. Ridley is incandescent in her passion for the truth." - Booklist (starred review) "A mesmerizing read…The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, woven from impeccable research and keen detective work, introduces readers to a memorable eighteenth-century female scientist who deserves to be remembered for her contributions to botany, and for her extraordinary courage and perseverance. Readers will be pulling for Jeanne Baret as she circumnavigates the world, her pistol ever ready by her side. The world of eighteenth-century seafaring expeditions comes alive in this fine book." -Robert Whitaker, author of The Mapmaker's Wife "Ridley quickly crushes modern romantic ideas of the golden age of exploration…Captures both the optimism that inspired Baret's groundbreaking and courageous trip and the sordid reality she encountered." - Publishers Weekly "A powerful story of a brave and intelligent woman who battled against the odds to live the life she wanted. Finally, Jeanne Baret's contributions to botany and world exploration have been brought to light in this wonderful book." -Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire "Inquisitive biography of the first woman to circle the globe by sea…Ridley has definitely done her homework in recognizing Baret as an overlooked but important historical figure." - Kirkus Reviews "Through skillful sleuthing and impressive research into the life of her eighteenth-century heroine, the courageous Jeanne Baret, Glynis Ridley has produced a gripping tale of romance, male prejudice, exploration, and scientific discovery. A great read-and all the better that it's true!" - Julia Fox, author of Jane Boleyn, “Thrilling and incensing&Woven throughout this gripping story are Ridley’s piquant insights into eighteenth-century exploration, botany, taxonomy, biopiracy, and sexism. Baret could not have asked for a more exacting and expressive champion. Ridley is incandescent in her passion for the truth.� - Booklist (starred review) “A mesmerizing read&The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, woven from impeccable research and keen detective work, introduces readers to a memorable eighteenth-century female scientist who deserves to be remembered for her contributions to botany, and for her extraordinary courage and perseverance. Readers will be pulling for Jeanne Baret as she circumnavigates the world, her pistol ever ready by her side. The world of eighteenth-century seafaring expeditions comes alive in this fine book.� -Robert Whitaker, author of The Mapmaker’s Wife “Ridley quickly crushes modern romantic ideas of the golden age of exploration&Captures both the optimism that inspired Baret’s groundbreaking and courageous trip and the sordid reality she encountered.� - Publishers Weekly “A powerful story of a brave and intelligent woman who battled against the odds to live the life she wanted. Finally, Jeanne Baret’s contributions to botany and world exploration have been brought to light in this wonderful book.� -Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire “Inquisitive biography of the first woman to circle the globe by sea&Ridley has definitely done her homework in recognizing Baret as an overlooked but important historical figure.� - Kirkus Reviews “Through skillful sleuthing and impressive research into the life of her eighteenth-century heroine, the courageous Jeanne Baret, Glynis Ridley has produced a gripping tale of romance, male prejudice, exploration, and scientific discovery. A great read-and all the better that it’s true!� - Julia Fox, author of Jane Boleyn From the Hardcover edition., "Thrilling and incensing…Woven throughout this gripping story are Ridley's piquant insights into eighteenth-century exploration, botany, taxonomy, biopiracy, and sexism. Baret could not have asked for a more exacting and expressive champion. Ridley is incandescent in her passion for the truth." - Booklist (starred review) "A mesmerizing read…The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, woven from impeccable research and keen detective work, introduces readers to a memorable eighteenth-century female scientist who deserves to be remembered for her contributions to botany, and for her extraordinary courage and perseverance. Readers will be pulling for Jeanne Baret as she circumnavigates the world, her pistol ever ready by her side. The world of eighteenth-century seafaring expeditions comes alive in this fine book." -Robert Whitaker, author of The Mapmaker's Wife "Ridley quickly crushes modern romantic ideas of the golden age of exploration…Captures both the optimism that inspired Baret's groundbreaking and courageous trip and the sordid reality she encountered." - Publishers Weekly "A powerful story of a brave and intelligent woman who battled against the odds to live the life she wanted. Finally, Jeanne Baret's contributions to botany and world exploration have been brought to light in this wonderful book." -Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire "Inquisitive biography of the first woman to circle the globe by sea…Ridley has definitely done her homework in recognizing Baret as an overlooked but important historical figure." - Kirkus Reviews "Through skillful sleuthing and impressive research into the life of her eighteenth-century heroine, the courageous Jeanne Baret, Glynis Ridley has produced a gripping tale of romance, male prejudice, exploration, and scientific discovery. A great read-and all the better that it's true!" - Julia Fox, author of Jane Boleyn From the Hardcover edition., "Thrilling and incensing…Woven throughout this gripping story are Ridley's piquant insights into eighteenth-century exploration, botany, taxonomy, biopiracy, and sexism. Baret could not have asked for a more exacting and expressive champion. Ridley is incandescent in her passion for the truth."-Booklist(starred review) "A mesmerizing read…The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, woven from impeccable research and keen detective work, introduces readers to a memorable eighteenth-century female scientist who deserves to be remembered for her contributions to botany, and for her extraordinary courage and perseverance. Readers will be pulling for Jeanne Baret as she circumnavigates the world, her pistol ever ready by her side. The world of eighteenth-century seafaring expeditions comes alive in this fine book."-Robert Whitaker, author ofThe Mapmaker's Wife "Ridley quickly crushes modern romantic ideas of the golden age of exploration…Captures both the optimism that inspired Baret's groundbreaking and courageous trip and the sordid reality she encountered."-Publishers Weekly "A powerful story of a brave and intelligent woman who battled against the odds to live the life she wanted. Finally, Jeanne Baret's contributions to botany and world exploration have been brought to light in this wonderful book."-Amanda Foreman, author ofGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire "Inquisitive biography of the first woman to circle the globe by sea…Ridley has definitely done her homework in recognizing Baret as an overlooked but important historical figure."-KirkusReviews "Through skillful sleuthing and impressive research into the life of her eighteenth-century heroine, the courageous Jeanne Baret, Glynis Ridley has produced a gripping tale of romance, male prejudice, exploration, and scientific discovery. A great read-and all the better that it's true!"-Julia Fox, author of Jane Boleyn
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
910.4092 B
Synopsis
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. Jeanne Baret, Commerson's young mistress and collaborator, was desperate not to be left behind. She disguised herself as a teenage boy and signed on as his assistant. The journey made the twenty-six-year-old, known to her shipmates as "Jean" rather than "Jeanne," the first woman to ever sail around the globe. Yet so little is known about this extraordinary woman, whose accomplishments were considered to be subversive, even impossible for someone of her sex and class. When the ships made landfall and the secret lovers disembarked to explore, Baret carried heavy wooden field presses and bulky optical instruments over beaches and hills, impressing observers on the ships' decks with her obvious strength and stamina. Less obvious were the strips of linen wound tight around her upper body and the months she had spent perfecting her masculine disguise in the streets and marketplaces of Paris. Expedition commander Louis-Antoine de Bougainville recorded in his journal that curious Tahitian natives exposed Baret as a woman, eighteen months into the voyage. But the true story, it turns out, is more complicated. In The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, Glynis Ridley unravels the conflicting accounts recorded by Baret's crewmates to piece together the real story: how Baret's identity was in fact widely suspected within just a couple of weeks of embarking, and the painful consequences of those suspicions; the newly discovered notebook, written in Baret's own hand, that proves her scientific acumen; and the thousands of specimens she collected, most famously the showy vine bougainvillea. Ridley also richly explores Baret's awkward, sometimes dangerous interactions with the men on the ship, including Baret's lover, the obsessive and sometimes prickly naturalist; a fashion-plate prince who, with his elaborate wigs and velvet garments, was often mistaken for a woman himself; the sour ship's surgeon, who despised Baret and Commerson; even a Tahitian islander who joined the expedition and asked Baret to show him how to behave like a Frenchman. But the central character of this true story is Jeanne Baret herself, a working-class woman whose scientific contributions were quietly dismissed and written out of history--until now. Anchored in impeccable original research and bursting with unforgettable characters and exotic settings, The Discovery of Jeanne Baret offers this forgotten heroine a chance to bloom at long last., 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.
LC Classification Number
G440.B225R53 2010
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- a***u (2663)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSmooth transaction. Masterfully designed, eye-catching, base card,... received in immaculate, like-new condition. Fast delivery (KY to OK); on a reasonably priced shipping rate. Packaged in an envelope, wrapped in cardboard layer and placed in a toploader. A highly recommended seller, with a phenomenal customer service and a superb communication skill-set. Thanks for making a great looking card available, at an excellent price and a top shelf quality sales experience.2002-03 Flair Dikembe Mutombo New Jersey Nets #86 (#285038469643)
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