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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
de Diana Preston; Michael Preston
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802714250
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714251
- Librería
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Garrison, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Walker Books. Full number line starting with 1. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2004.
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002296
- Título
- A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
- Autor
- Diana Preston; Michael Preston
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802714250
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714251
- Editorial
- Walker Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Páginas
- 416
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Garrison, New York
Sobre J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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