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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
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font-weight:bold'>The </span></font></b><b><font size=4 face="Times New (W1)"><span
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font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font size=4
face="Times New (W1)"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New \(W1\)";
font-weight:bold'> of Natural History in Brewster</span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New (W1)"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New \(W1\)";
font-weight:bold'>Presents</span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
February Book Discussion</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>The Discovery of Jeanne Baret </span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>by Glynis
Ridley</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday,
February 8, 2012</span></font></b></p>
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color=black face="Times New (W1)"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New \(W1\)";color:black'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Times New (W1)"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New \(W1\)";color:black'>January 9, 2012</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face="Times New (W1)"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New \(W1\)";color:black'>Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or </span></font><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New \(W1\)"'><a
href="mailto:adminsupprt@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</a></span></font></u></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>On
Wednesday, February 8 at </span></font>2 pm the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History will present The February Book Discussion - <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Discovery of Jeanne Baret</span></i> - by Glynis Ridley. Access to
the Museum will be available despite its temporary closure.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Sue
Marcus will facilitate the discussion of this remarkable story set in 1765 on a
ship circumnavigating the world. Its purpose: to discover and collect botanical
specimens and to claim lands for </span></font>France. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Jeanne Baret,
an herbalist and mistress of Philibert Commerson, the ship’s naturalist, disguises
herself as a man and servant of Commerson, as women travelling on board ship
was an unacceptable practice at the time.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The book
provides an excellent picture of the era, information about botany and the race
to accumulate specimens, and the unbelievable account of Jeanne Baret’s
experiences aboard an all-male ship.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> As the Museum is closed
January 1-February 17, borrowing the book from the Museum Library will be
difficult. However, multiple copies are available in the CLAMS system.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Join us
in the Clarence Hay Library for this fascinating discussion. </span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> </span></font><font
face="Times New (W1)"><span style='font-family:"Times New \(W1\)"'>For further
information, contact the Museum at 508-896-3867. <a href="http://www.ccm/">www.ccm</a>nh.org</span></font></p>
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