The Discovery of Jeanne Baret : A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe por Glynis Ridley - 2010

Crown Publishing Group, The. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Crown, 2010-12-28. Hardcover. Good.

Crown Publishing Group, The, 2010. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group, The. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Crown Publishing Group, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Crown Pub., 2010. (2010), 288pp, illus., light edgewear to dj, contents clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

US: Crown, 2010-12-28. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 288 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463796

Crown Publishing Group (NY), January 2011. First Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. In a deeply researched and engagingly written narrative of science, adventure, love, and an unprecedented voyage of discovery, Ridley reveals the true story of Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. Light foxing on the top edge of the print block. Small red dot remainder mark on the bottom edge of the print block.

NY: Crown Publishers, 2010. 1st printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; 304 clean, unmarked pages/index/bibliography. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by B/w. 8 vo.

New York, NY: Crown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0307463524 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have some beginning nicking, tearing and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "Jeanne Baret (27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) 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, which she did via maritime transport. 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,… Ler mais