Author: William Dampier / Diana & Michael Preston
Publisher: Double Day, 2004, London, New York, Toronto, Sydney & Auckland.
Year: 2004
Size: 24 x 16 cm
Reference:
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind. The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer
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372pp., hardbound with illustrated dust-jacket, with texts, illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0-385-60705-9.
In A Pirate of Exquisite Mind, Diana and Michael Preston reveal, in a compelling narrative, the story of William Dampier, the “scientific pirate”, who had his narrative first published in 1697 as “A New Voyage Round The World” and which became a bestseller at that time, read for many years. Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer and brodcaster who lives in London. Michael Preston, Diana Preston’s husband, read English at Oxford University and is now an historian and traveller.
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Like new.
