French fluyt Étoile (1767)

The Étoile ("Star") was a fluyt famous for being one of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's ships in his circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769, along with La Boudeuse. She was commanded by Francois Chenard de la Giraudais, and was the storeship of the expedition. She carried naturalist and physician Philibert Commerçon, astronomer Pierre-Antoine Veron, and Jeanne Baré who is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation. During much of the voyage, she was disguised as a man.