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

511 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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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. led the fir...

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