The Woman Who Sailed the WorldConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 833, Segment 1
Jan 19, 2021 • 27m
In the late 1700s, Jeanne Barret, an impoverished servant from Burgundy, disguised herself as a man and became a successful botanist and explorer, reaching even South America, Tahiti, and Mauritius, where she made a fortune. But she returned to France without fanfare, until now.
Guest: Danielle Clode, Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, and author of “In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World”