A Pirate of Exquisite Mind : Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
de Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
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- Bien
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- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0670044431
- ISBN 13
- 9780670044436
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Newport Coast, California, United States
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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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- Bonita
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0670044431.G
- Título
- A Pirate of Exquisite Mind : Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
- Autor
- Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670044431
- ISBN 13
- 9780670044436
- Editorial
- Viking Canada
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2004
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