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OverviewDocuments the pioneering round-the-world journey of the adventurer, tracing how she disguised herself as a boy to accompany her lover, botanist Philibert Commerson, on his eighteenth-century voyage before her true gender was exposed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glynis RidleyPublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) Imprint: Crown Publishing Group (NY) Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9780307463524ISBN 10: 0307463524 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 28 December 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Remaindered Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews<p> 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) <br> 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 <br> Ridley quickly crushes modern romantic ideas of the golden age of exploration...Captures both the optimism t Author InformationGLYNIS RIDLEY is the author of Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe, which won the Institute of Historical Research (University of London) Prize. A British citizen, she is now a professor of English at the University of Louisville. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |