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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret

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By Glynis Ridley

Web edition: December 30, 2010
Print edition: January 15, 2011; Vol.179 #2 (p. 30)

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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley

The story of the first woman to sail around the globe — as “Jean Baret”— details her unheralded accomplishments as a botanist and explorer.

Crown, 2010, 288 p., $25.

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