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The authors reveal the life of William Dampier, explorer, naturalist, and pirate-genius who inspired Darwin, Defoe, and Cook.

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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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Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. She is the author of The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the ’45 Rebellion and A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole.

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Título A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer
Autor Diana Preston; Michael Preston
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Edición Reprint
Páginas 384
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Berkley Books, New York
Fecha de publicación 2005-04-01
Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
ISBN 9780425200377 / 042520037X
Peso 0.93 libras (0.42 kg)
Dimensiones 9.22 x 6.24 x 1 pulgadas (23.42 x 15.85 x 2.54 cm)
Época de 18 a UP años
Cursos 13 - UP
Library of Congress subjects Explorers - Great Britain, Naturalists - Great Britain
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2004062291
Dewey Decimal Code B

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Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. She is the author of The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the '45 Rebellion and A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole.

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New York: Berkley Books, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First printing. Edge wear. 2005 Trade Paperback. ix, 372 pp. 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.