Jeanne Baret, First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
Not only a looking glass - ceiling - shatteringexplorer , but also a groundbreaking ceremony botanist , Jeanne Baret sail around the macrocosm as part of the first French circumnavigation of the globe , led by admiral Louis - Antoine de Bougainville from 1766 to 1769 . Her journey was not smooth sailing , however . Because the French Navy did not countenance adult female on their ships , Baret leap her breast with linen bandages and boarded theÉtoiledressed as a man ....