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          History of Scientific Women

          Jeanne BARET

          18th century

          Fields:Botany

          Born: 1740 in La Comelle (France)
          Died: 1807 in Saint-Aulaye (France)

          Main achievements: First woman having completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the earth.

          Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's 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.

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          According to Bougainville's account, Baret was herself an expert botanist.

          Jeanne Baret was born on July 27, 1740, in the village of La Comelle in the Burgundy region of France. Her record of baptism survives and identifies her as