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William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. Dampier was the first to map the winds and currents of the world's oceans; led the first recorded party of Englishmen to set foot on Australia - 80 years before Cook; wrote about Galapagos wildlife 150 years before Darwin, who drew on Dampier's notes in his own work; was the first travel writer: A NEW VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD was instant bestseller when it was published in 1697 - said to have influenced the novels of Swift and Defoe. A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his "exquisite refinement of mind". A classic example of the best narrative history.Read More

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    A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind : Paperback : Transworld Publishers Ltd : 9780552772105 : 0552772100 : 01 Apr 2005 : William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his "exquisite refinement of mind""."

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    A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life declining into scandal failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his exquisite refinement of mind. A classic example of the best narrative history

  • Pickabook

    Diana Preston, Michael Preston

  • 0552772100
  • 9780552772105
  • Diana Preston, Michael Preston
  • 1 April 2005
  • Corgi Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • New edition
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