Jeanne Baret

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1769

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jeanne Baret, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Bougainville's Return from Circumnavigation

   1769

   Role: Botanist and explorer, disguised as a man; first woman known to circumnavigate the globe

   1. 11769 · aboard the Boudeuse and Étoile and subsequently MauritiusJeanne Baret's Circumnavigation Recognised

      Baret, who sailed disguised as a man, is recognised as the first woman to complete a circumnavigation; she remained in Mauritius rather than returning with the ships.

   2. 216 March 1769 · port of Saint-Malo, FranceReturn to Saint-Malo

      The expedition completed its circumnavigation and reached Saint-Malo on 16 March 1769, ending the 1766–1769 voyage.

Sources

1. Jeanne Baret Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25