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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer : The Life of William Dampier
de Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802714250
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714251
- Librería
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Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Walker & Co, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Very Good + / Very Good + Book and jacket are clean and complete with no marks..
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
- Wellfleet Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 015112
- 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 - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802714250
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714251
- Editorial
- Walker & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
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