Picture No | 10032077 |
Date | 1768 |
Description | BARRE, TRANSVESTITE |
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Barre, the assistant of the naturalist de Commerson on Bougainville's Pacific voyage, is revealed as a woman who has dressed as a man in order to sail with the expedition
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Source | P Philippoteaux in Jules Verne Les Grands Navigateurs du XVIIIe siecle page 97 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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