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A PIRATE OF EXQUISITE MIND
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM DAMPIER |
| By: |
Diana Preston, Michael Preston |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£8.02 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0552772100 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780552772105 |
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| Publisher: |
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2005 |
| Pages: |
512 |
| Description: |
William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his "exquisite refinement of mind". |
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William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. Dampier was the first to map the winds and currents of the world's oceans; led the first recorded party of Englishmen to set foot on Australia - 80 years before Cook; wrote about Galapagos wildlife 150 years before Darwin, who drew on Dampier's notes in his own work; was the first travel writer: A NEW VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD was instant bestseller when it was published in 1697 - said to have influenced the novels of Swift and Defoe. A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his "exquisite refinement of mind". A classic example of the best narrative history. |
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UK |
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Corgi Books |
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