Botanical trail Jeanne BARET and Philibert COMMERSON

Philibert COMMERSON (1727-1773), medical naturalist, brilliant intellectual and tireless botanist
Jeanne BARET (1740-1807), a young Morvan peasant, plant gatherer and servant to Philibert COMMERSON and Antoinette Vivante BEAU, before becoming the first woman to circumnavigate the globe on a Royal Navy ship.
In 1764, before Philibert COMMERSON and Jeanne BARET left for Paris, they lived in Toulon-sur-Arroux.
Follow in the footsteps of these two adventurers on this tree-lined, flower-filled tour. Go to the Tourist Information Office at the Moulin des Roches.