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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer
by Michael Preston; Diana Preston
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good. Slight wear from storage.
- ISBN 10
- 042520037X
- ISBN 13
- 9780425200377
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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
- Rocking Chair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 956212
- Title
- A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer
- Author
- Michael Preston; Diana Preston
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good. Slight wear from storage.
- Edition
- First Berkeley Boulevard
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 042520037X
- ISBN 13
- 9780425200377
- Publisher
- Berkley Trade
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 384
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