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100 1 $aPreston, Diana,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95038094
245 12 $aA pirate of exquisite mind :$bexplorer, naturalist, and buccaneer : the life of William Dampier /$cDiana & Michael Preston.
260 $aNew York :$bWalker & Co.,$c2004.
300 $aix, 372 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-354) and index.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aDampier, William,$d1651-1715.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79113857
650 0 $aExplorers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103438
650 0 $aHydrologists$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aNaturalists$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108345
650 0 $aVoyages around the world.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144447
700 1 $aPreston, Michael,$d1948-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003014411
852 00 $bglx$hG246.D17$iP74 2004