Jeanne Baret: the first woman to travel around the world by ship. An impressive feat, sure, but it’s especially noteworthy when you consider the fact that she did it during a time when women weren’t allowed to sail on epic expeditions! You might wonder how she managed to pull this stunt off. From a peasant girl to a history-making world explorer, the story of Jeanne Baret is a fascinating one and one certainly worth remembering! It just goes to show you that seemingly ordinary people can end up having extraordinary lives. SUMMARY - Jeanne Baret was born in 1740 to a poor family in Burgundy, France. Her father was illiterate, which was nothing out of the norm for a peasant at that time. - Philibert employed Jeanne has his housekeeper and personal nurse. Of course, we can’t know exactly when the two fell in love, but by 1764, it was pretty much a fact. The two moved to Paris, where Baret continued to take care of Commerson and the household duties. - Not wanting to leave Commerson under the care of someone other than herself, she came up with the idea to disguise herself as a male assistant. Her plan worked, and her disguise must’ve been pretty good because she boarded the ship as a man named Jean Baret. - In April 1768, when the expedition reached Tahiti, Baret’s true identity was finally revealed. One story goes that it was the native Tahitians who immediately figured out that she was a woman. - Commerson and Baret were left there as Bougainville had respect for the two and didn’t want to go back to France with a woman on board his ship. - The happy newlyweds then moved back to France, which finally completed Jeanne Baret’s circumnavigation of the globe. She was the first woman in history to complete such an expedition. #femalesailor #brightside #truestory Music by Epidemic Sound https://ift.tt/1NOjjY3 Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://ift.tt/1NR4JJP Instagram: https://ift.tt/2pDikkf 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://ift.tt/2pNb6gr Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://ift.tt/23rGg9b https://ift.tt/1eYTOMy https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: https://ift.tt/2d8ayZz
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