Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Standard Name: Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
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1766: Jeanne Baret (or Barret or Bonnefoy), disguised...
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1766
Jeanne Baret
(or Barret or Bonnefoy), disguised as the male valet and botanical assistant to Philibert Commerson
, set sail with the voyage of discovery of de Bougainville
, eventually becoming the first woman to...