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Baret left no account of her adventure, and Commerson kept a diary only fitfully.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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When informed that his assistant was none other than Jeanne Baret, his lover from Paris, Commerson was shocked, shocked.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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Commerson brought along as his assistant one "Jean" Baret, and they both sailed on the É toile, the expedition's supply ship.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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Ms. Ridley also believes that it was Baret, not Commerson, who made the signature botanical discovery of the voyage, the showy bougainvillea, named for the expedition's commander.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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As for Baret and Commerson, perhaps to avoid trouble women were forbidden aboard French naval ships, they left the expedition on the island of Mauritius.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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When Bougainville was recruiting a chief naturalist for his world voyage, Commerson was offered the job.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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A widower 12 years her senior, Commerson took Baret to Paris, where they shared an apartment.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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Commerson, a botanist, in Etoile, had found a climbing decidious shrub which in honour of his leader he had named Bougainvillia.
Louis - Antoine de Bougainville de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Commerson, a botanist, in Etoile, had found a climbing decidious shrub which in honour of his leader he had named Bougainvillia.
Archive 2008-01-27 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The fishes of this genus, to which Commerson gave the name of
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832 Various
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