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Jeanne Baré
(1740 - 1803)
French explorer
French explorer
French botanist and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe, who joined Bougainville's expedition disguised as a man.
Born in 1740 in France, Jeanne Baré worked as a botanist's assistant to Philibert Commerson. To participate in Louis Antoine de Bougainville's 1766 expedition, she disguised herself as a man, becoming the first woman known to circumnavigate the globe. She collected and classified numerous plant specimens in South America and the Pacific islands. After revealing her identity in Tahiti, she returned to France in 1769 with a significant botanical collection. Baré's adventurous spirit and scientific contributions broke gender barriers in exploration.
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Jeanne Baré