A Pirate Of Exquisite MindA Pirate Of Exquisite Mind 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

A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind

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.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Diana Preston - Диана Престон

Publisher:Transworld Digital

Language:English

Publication Date:2005

Format:Paperback

Width:127 mm / 5'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:346 g

ISBN:9780552772105