Frances Barkley

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Frances Barkley was wife of Captain Charles William Barkley, who traveled with him. She is considered to be the first European woman to have ever visited Canada's west coast.^[1] Frances was the first woman to sail around the world without deception. Only two women are known to have sailed around the world before Frances: Jeanne Baré, disguised as a man, and Rose de Freycinet, wife of Louis de Freycinet, as a stowaway. ^[2]

References

↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=X-O8vmHu2GMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
↑ BARKLEY, Frances, ABCBookWorld

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Name	Barkley, Frances
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Date of birth	1759
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Date of death	16 May 1832
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