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A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind

A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind

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Author

Diana Preston / Диана Престон

Dimension

127x198mm (5'x7,8')

ISBN

9780552772105

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Page Count

Publisher

Transworld Digital

Year of book publication

2005

A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind

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.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Diana Preston - Диана Престон

Publisher:Transworld Digital

Language:English

Publication Date:2005

Format:Paperback

Width:127 mm / 5'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:346 g

ISBN:9780552772105

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