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SPEAKER_00: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month we're talking about adventurers, women who refuse to be confined. They push the boundaries of where a woman could go and how she could get there. Today we're talking about the first woman to document a circumnavigation of the globe. She did so unofficially, as a stowaway aboard a ship on a scientific mission. Her story was wiped from the official record. Luckily, she had her own record. Please welcome Rose de Frécinet. Rose was born on September 29th, 1794 in France, in a region southeast of Paris. Her mother was a teacher at a boarding school for young women. After Rose's father died, Rose shouldered a lot more responsibility as the oldest sibling of three. When she was 19 years old, Rose married Louis-Claude de Frécinet, who was from an old aristocratic French family. Louis was a man of the sea, an excellent navigator and cartographer who'd already been on several expeditions. After Napoleon's final defeat in 1815, France sought to enhance national pride, partially through scientific exploration. Louis offered his services to the French government, what if he conducted oceanographic research while sailing around the entire globe? His proposal was approved, and in 1817, he took command of a ship named Léronie. Louis had asked his superiors if Rose could accompany him on his voyage. She was his wife, after all. But Louis-Claude was denied, so the young couple hatched a plan. Rose cut her hair, dressed as a sailor, and snuck onto a boat. They went to the ship on the eve of its departure.
SPEAKER_00: Rose had a long trip ahead of her. The ship planned to visit Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, New Holland, and the Pacific Islands. Louis had arranged for a private cabin to be built, so that Rose had her own space aboard a ship with 120 men. After the boat was out of French waters, Louis broke the news to his officers. His wife was with them. Soon, of course, the whole crew found out. Her presence became a source of contention. First of all, it was illegal. But perhaps more importantly, women were considered bad luck on the open water. The expedition's reputation was at risk. The crew pretended she wasn't there. They omitted Rose's name from official records and observations during the trip, and removed her from sketches of their lives on board. For two and a half years, Rose mostly kept to herself below deck, where she taught herself guitar and wrote in her journal to ward off loneliness. She would address her passages to a friend from home, Caroline. One entry read, "'Having far more spare time here than my husband has, "'I can chat with you at length. "'You told me that you wished to accompany me everywhere. "'I therefore have no choice but to bore you a little "'whenever I myself am not having much fun.'" But Rose also wrote of unexpected pleasures. A year into their travels, they reached Australia. Rose wrote of a time that she sat on the beach in Western Australia shucking oysters. "'Certainly those I have eaten in Paris, "'at a table in comfort, "'did not seem so good as those I ate seated on a rock, "'my glass and my plate on the sand.'" It is also clear from her journal that while she may not have been writing about the science aboard, she had a deep sense of curiosity. She wanted to see the world. Of her adventures, she later wrote, "'Life is too short. "'I wanted to brighten it up as much as possible, "'and I shall never regret the decision. "'I now look back on my decision "'with a great deal of satisfaction, "'whereas had I acted differently, "'I would have nothing but regret.'" In early 1820, the ship suffered some damage from a storm off the coast of Chile. Louis decided to head for the Falkland Islands, where they could restock and have the boat repaired. But as they were pulling into the bay, they ran straight into a rock that wasn't marked on their charts. Rose's journal details how Louis guided the crew through this disaster by getting the ship to run aground on the beach, salvaging countless research documents and ensuring everyone made it off the ship alive. On the island, they made makeshift tents, rationed their supplies, and tried their best to live off the land. In the process, Louis became quite ill, and Rose wondered what would happen to her if he died. Eventually, he recovered, and an American whaling boat rescued the crew within two months. They all returned home to France in November of 1820. Louis had to appear before court for losing his ship, but he was exonerated, given that everyone made it out alive and the research wasn't lost. As for the fact that Rose had also been aboard, they decided to forget about it, and they did, for hundreds of years. Rose died during the cholera pandemic in 1832. Her story was only recently resurrected and the record corrected. All month, we're talking about adventurers. For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Wellmanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
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