The buccaneer explorer : William Dampier's voyages /
William Dampier (1652-1725) is the most remarkable seaman that England produced in the century and a half between Drake and Captain Cook. They each circumnavigated the world once. Dampier did so three times. This edited account of his voyages gives an admirable picture of this fascinating and unorth...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York :
Boydell Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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| Summary: | William Dampier (1652-1725) is the most remarkable seaman that England produced in the century and a half between Drake and Captain Cook. They each circumnavigated the world once. Dampier did so three times. This edited account of his voyages gives an admirable picture of this fascinating and unorthodox figure in his own words. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-262) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781843833642 1843833646 |