A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life William Dampier Michael Preston Corgi Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

William Dampier (1651-1715) Was An English Adventurer And Pirate Who Preyed On Ships The Spanish Main Poor Ill-Educated Determined To Make His Fortune He Nonetheless Had A Passion For Exploration Scientific Research First Map Winds Currents Of World\ S Oceans Led Recorded Party Englishmen Set Foot Australia - 80 Years Before Cook Wrote About Galapagos Wildlife 150 Darwin Drew Dampier\ Notes In Own Work Travel Writer: New Voyage Around World Instant Bestseller When It Published 1697 Said Have Influenced Novels Swift Defoe Man Full Contradictions: Achieved So Much \ Blew It\ Later Life Declining Into Scandal Failure Even Farce Unique Ahead Time Lived Large Part Among Pirates Yet Managed Preserve What Coleridge Called Exquisite Refinement Mind\ Classic Example Best Narrative History Σελίδες: 512 Διαστάσεις: 12 6X12 6Cm