A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer by Michael Preston, Diana Preston

A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer

Michael Preston, Diana Preston

372 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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"Darwin took his books aboard the Beagle. Swift and Defoe used his experiences as inspiration in writing Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe, Captain Cook relied on his observations while voyaging around the world. Coleridge called him a genius...

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