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Pirate of Exquisite Mind
Diana Preston
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Description for Pirate of Exquisite Mind
Paperback. 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 Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552772105
SKU
V9780552772105
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About Diana Preston
Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London. She is the author of The Road to Culloden Moor; A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole; The Boxer Rebellion and Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania. Michael Preston, Diana Preston's husband, read English at Oxford University and is ... Read more
Reviews for Pirate of Exquisite Mind
Lively... extraordinary life - an unlikely combination of plundering and pioneering achievements in natural history and exploration
The Sunday Times
Gripping and well-researched... An impressive achievement
Guardian
This long overdue biography wonderfully brings to life one of the most important explorers of the seventeenth century
Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In ... Read more
The Sunday Times
Gripping and well-researched... An impressive achievement
Guardian
This long overdue biography wonderfully brings to life one of the most important explorers of the seventeenth century
Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In ... Read more