CONTENTS
About In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World
Dedication
Map: The Voyage of Jeanne Barret
Prologue
1. the call of the sea
Port Lincoln, 1974
2. an inauspicious beginning
La Comelle, 1740
3. making her mark
Toulon-sur-Arroux, 1764
4. a woman of the world
Paris, 1764
5. a new commission
Nantes, 1766
6. fitting out for the voyage
Rochefort, 1767
7. all at sea
The Atlantic, March–April 1767
8. gathering nature’s riches
South America, May–December 1767
9. pacific voyagers
The Tuamotus, March 1768
10. revelation
Tahiti, April 1768
11. confession
Samoa and Vanuatu, May 1768
12. in the teeth of the reef
The Coral Sea, June 1768
13. nature’s beauty and terror
Port Praslin, July 1768
14. starvation and scurvy
The Spice Islands, August–September 1768
15. journey’s end
Mauritius, November 1768–1770
16. a woman of means
Mauritius, 1770–1773
17. unexpected treasures
Mauritius, 1773–1775
18. homecoming
The Dordogne, 1775–1807
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Newsletter
About Danielle Clode
Also by Danielle Clode
Praise for In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World
Imprint page
