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    Jeanne Baret: naturalist, pioneer, circumnavigator

    Sep 10, 2020 1 minute

    eanne Baret (1740–1807) was born to poor parents in the Burgundy region of central France. In her early twenties she was engaged as housekeeper to one of on the voyage – women were not allowed on board French naval vessels at that time.

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