A Pirate of Exquisite Mind : Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
de Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670044431
- ISBN 13
- 9780670044436
- Librería
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Pullman, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Viking Canada, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book and jacket look almost new, but book has slight edge rub to bottom. No marks or names inside.
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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- Brused Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 042307
- 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 - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670044431
- ISBN 13
- 9780670044436
- Editorial
- Viking Canada
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
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