A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer
de Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385607059
- ISBN 13
- 9780385607056
- Librería
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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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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- Librería
- Alexander's Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 089289
- Título
- A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer
- Autor
- Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385607059
- ISBN 13
- 9780385607056
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Páginas
- 384
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall
- Palabras clave
- A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer; Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael General
- X weight
- 700 g
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