A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer : The Life of William Dampier
by Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802714250
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714251
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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
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061579
- Title
- A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer : The Life of William Dampier
- Author
- Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802714250
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714251
- Publisher
- Walker & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 368
- Keywords
- Pirates Biography
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