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A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind
- The Life Of William Dampier
Engelsk Paperback
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind
- The Life Of William Dampier
Engelsk Paperback

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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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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
512
ISBN-13:
9780552772105
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0552772100
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Udg. Dato:
1 apr 2005
Længde:
32mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 apr 2005
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