A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier Trade paperback - 2005
by Preston, Diana & Michael
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
The authors reveal the life of William Dampier, explorer, naturalist, and pirate-genius who inspired Darwin, Defoe, and Cook.
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- Title A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
- Author Preston, Diana & Michael
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition 1st Printing
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, New York
- Date 2005
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2343159
- ISBN 9780425200377 / 042520037X
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.24 x 1 in (23.42 x 15.85 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Explorers - Great Britain, Naturalists - Great Britain
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062291
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
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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- Ingram Advance, 04/01/2005, Page 46
