A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer
by Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385607059
- ISBN 13
- 9780385607056
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Synopsis
Seventeenth-century pirate genius William Dampier sailed around the world three times when crossing the Pacific was a major feat, was the first explorer to visit all five continents, and reached Australia eighty years before Captain Cook. His exploits created a sensation in Europe. Swift and Defoe used his experiences in writing Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe . Darwin incorporated his concept of "sub-species" into the theory of evolution. Dampier's description of breadfruit was the impetus for Captain Bligh's voyage on the Bounty . He was so influential that today he has more than one thousand entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, including such words as chopsticks, barbecue, and kumquat. Anthropologists still use his work.
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- Bookseller
- Alexander's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 089289
- Title
- A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer
- Author
- Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385607059
- ISBN 13
- 9780385607056
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 384
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall
- Keywords
- A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer; Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael General
- X weight
- 700 g
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