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The Buccaneer Explorer - William Dampier's Voyages (Paperback, Revised Ed.) Loot Price: R765
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The Buccaneer Explorer - William Dampier's Voyages (Paperback, Revised Ed.): William Dampier, Gerald Norris

The Buccaneer Explorer - William Dampier's Voyages (Paperback, Revised Ed.)

William Dampier, Gerald Norris; Edited by Gerald Norris

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Dampier's observations and descriptions are as valid today as they were in the 17th century and this book is to be commended to anyone who is interested in the great early voyages of exploration. THE REVIEW William Dampier [1651-1715] 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. He commanded the firstgovernment-funded voyage of discovery with a specific mission to report on matters of government and science. A good seaman, but a bad commander, he spent most of his life as a privateer, buccaneer, or pirate, and his career culminated in the capture of the great treasure galleon sent each year from the New World to Spain. But he was also a great writer, author of the first major English travel book, A New Voyage Round the World, and of scientifictreatises and descriptions of natural history. His expedition to Australia was in many ways disastrous, with his ships being lost; but the book that came out of it, A Voyage to New Holland, is rich in evocative accounts ofthe peoples and places he had found or visited. He was not afraid to record things he could not explain, for `better qualified persons who shall come after me', and his books were reference works used extensively not only by subsequent voyagers but by modern scientists who continue to cite his observations. This edited account of his voyages gives an admirable picture of this fascinating and unorthodox figure in his own words. GERALD NORRIS writes on maritime and musical subjects. His books include West Country Pirates and Buccaneers, Stanford, the Cambridge Jubilee and Tchaikovsky and A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: William Dampier • Gerald Norris
Editors: Gerald Norris
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 321
Edition: Revised Ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-84383-364-2
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-84383-364-6
Barcode: 9781843833642

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