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• catalog abstract ""At a time when surviving a voyage across the Pacific was cause for celebration, William Dampier journeyed three times around the world, sailing more than 200,000 miles in his lifetime and witnessing people, places, and phenomena no European had seen. As a young man he spent several years in the swashbuckling company of buccaneers in the Caribbean and Pacific, learning to survive in their bloodthirsty, uncertain world, before setting off on his first journey around the globe - a many-year odyssey, much of it spent in the theretofore mysterious Pacific and Southeast Asia. Later, his best-selling books about his experiences were a sensation; the vividness of his prose and accuracy of his descriptions put armchair readers in the midst of unknown worlds and introduced many words into the English language, including barbecue, chopsticks, and kumquat. Over time, Dampier's observations and insights influenced generations of scientists, explorers, and writers." "Dampier's powers of observation were astonishing. He was the first to deduce that winds cause currents and the first to produce wind maps across the world, surpassing even the work of Edmund Halley. His insights on land were equally astute: For example, he introduced the concept of the "sub-species" that Darwin later built into his theory of evolution, and his description of the breadfruit was the impetus for Captain Bligh's voyage on the Bounty. Dampier reached Australia eighty years before Cook, and he later led the first formal expedition of science and discovery back to Australia. So influential was Dampier that today he has more than one thousand entries in the Oxford English Dictionary."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Explorer, naturalist, and buccaneer : the life of William Dampier".
• catalog contributor b13220122.
• catalog contributor b13220123.
• catalog created "2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
• catalog description ""At a time when surviving a voyage across the Pacific was cause for celebration, William Dampier journeyed three times around the world, sailing more than 200,000 miles in his lifetime and witnessing people, places, and phenomena no European had seen. As a young man he spent several years in the swashbuckling company of buccaneers in the Caribbean and Pacific, learning to survive in their bloodthirsty, uncertain world, before setting off on his first journey around the globe - a many-year odyssey, much of it spent in the theretofore mysterious Pacific and Southeast Asia. Later, his best-selling books about his experiences were a sensation; the vividness of his prose and accuracy of his descriptions put armchair readers in the midst of unknown worlds and introduced many words into the English language, including barbecue, chopsticks, and kumquat. Over time, Dampier's observations and insights influenced generations of scientists, explorers, and writers." "Dampier's powers of observation were astonishing. He was the first to deduce that winds cause currents and the first to produce wind maps across the world, surpassing even the work of Edmund Halley. His insights on land were equally astute: For example, he introduced the concept of the "sub-species" that Darwin later built into his theory of evolution, and his description of the breadfruit was the impetus for Captain Bligh's voyage on the Bounty. Dampier reached Australia eighty years before Cook, and he later led the first formal expedition of science and discovery back to Australia. So influential was Dampier that today he has more than one thousand entries in the Oxford English Dictionary."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-354) and index.".
• catalog description "The Adventurer -- "A Self-Conceited Young Man" -- "A Great Prospect of Getting Money Here" -- "To Seek a Subsistence" -- "A Door to the South Seas" -- The Buccaneer -- "That Sacred Hunger of Gold" -- "Two Fat Monkeys" -- The Bachelor's Delight -- The Enchanted Islands -- "We Ran for It" -- The Traveler -- "You Would Have Poisoned Them" -- "As White as Milk and as Soft as Cream" -- "This Mad Crew" -- "New-Gotten Liberty" -- "Our Little Ark" -- Gut Rot and Gunpowder -- The Painted Prince -- The Celebrity -- The Rover's Return -- "Good Copy" -- "Dampier's Voyage Takes so Wonderfully" -- Kiss My Arse -- Shark's Bay -- "A Flame of Fire" -- "Not a Fit Person" -- The Ancient Mariner -- "Brandy Enough" -- The Manila Galleon at Last.".
• catalog extent "ix, 372 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0802714250 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Walker & Company,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog subject "910/.92 B 22".
• catalog subject "Dampier, William, 1652-1715.".
• catalog subject "Explorers Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "G246.D17 P74 2004".
• catalog subject "Hydrologists Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "Naturalists Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "Voyages around the world History 17th century.".
• catalog subject "Voyages around the world.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Adventurer -- "A Self-Conceited Young Man" -- "A Great Prospect of Getting Money Here" -- "To Seek a Subsistence" -- "A Door to the South Seas" -- The Buccaneer -- "That Sacred Hunger of Gold" -- "Two Fat Monkeys" -- The Bachelor's Delight -- The Enchanted Islands -- "We Ran for It" -- The Traveler -- "You Would Have Poisoned Them" -- "As White as Milk and as Soft as Cream" -- "This Mad Crew" -- "New-Gotten Liberty" -- "Our Little Ark" -- Gut Rot and Gunpowder -- The Painted Prince -- The Celebrity -- The Rover's Return -- "Good Copy" -- "Dampier's Voyage Takes so Wonderfully" -- Kiss My Arse -- Shark's Bay -- "A Flame of Fire" -- "Not a Fit Person" -- The Ancient Mariner -- "Brandy Enough" -- The Manila Galleon at Last.".
• catalog title "A pirate of exquisite mind : explorer, naturalist, and buccaneer : the life of William Dampier / Diana & Michael Preston.".
• catalog title "Explorer, naturalist, and buccaneer : the life of William Dampier".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".