The Complete Works of William Dampier: Containing Particular Descriptions of Life in the Torrid Zone at the Dawn of Modern Science and at the Intersection of the Golden Age of Sail; the Golden Age of Exploration; and the Golden Age of Piracy THE PIRATE-SCIENTIST WILLIAM DAMPIER (1651-1715) lived at a remarkable time in human history: at the dawn of modern science and at the intersection of three golden ages: the golden ages of sail; exploration; and piracy. Curious to see the world and keen to add to the world's sum total of useful knowledge; he ventured out upon the high seas. He kept a careful account of his adventures in the world's Torrid Zone; describing as he went the soil; rivers; harbours; tides; currents; winds; plants; fruits and animals of the lands he visited; together with the inhabitants; their customs; religion; government and trade.WILLIAM DAMPIER sailed the great southern Pacific ocean four times; was the third Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; was the first person to circumnavigate the globe three times; was the first person to visit six continents; captained England’s first scientific expedition; and touched Australian shores nearly 100 years before Captain James Cook. His writing immediately made him famous throughout Europe and impacted England's great poets and writers: Lord Byron; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Daniel Defoe; and Jonathan Swift. His scientific efforts influenced the work of Charles Darwin; Alexander von Humboldt; Edmund Halley; and Matthew Flinders. His writing inspired the English to challenge the Spanish and Dutch dominance in the South Seas. He wrote of free trade a century before Adam Smith. He introduced important new words to the English language; words like: banana; barbeque; castaway; sea-breeze; and subspecies. He was once left for dead by a crew of vicious mutineers; but survived against all odds. Dampier was a poor pirate; but precisely because he was a pirate he was able to travel the world and discover true and lasting treasure: hard and useful foundational knowledge in the realms of science; natural history; economics and political economy; hydrography; botany; zoology; ethnography; anthropology; navigation; geography; map-making; literature; and language. INSIDE this volume you will find the complete written works of William Dampier: A New Voyage Round The World A Supplement of a Voyage Round The World Two Voyages To Campeachy A Discourse Of Winds A Voyage To New Holland A Continuation Of A Voyage To New Holland Captain Dampier’s Vindication Of His Voyage To The South-Seas In The Ship St. George Available in the PIRATE JOURNAL COLLECTION The Complete Works of William Dampier: Includes A New Voyage Round the World; Voyages Descriptions (containing: A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World; Two Voyages to Campeachy; and A Discourse of Wind); A Voyage to New Holland; A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland; and Captain Dampier's Vindication of His Voyage to the South-Seas In the Ship St. George By William Dampier Wafer's New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of Darien: The Story of His Exploits; Written by Himself By Lionel Wafer Ringrose's Buccaneers of America: The Dangerous Voyage and Bold Attempts of Captains Sharp; Watlin; Sawkins; Coxon; and Others; Performed Upon the Coasts of the South Sea: From The Journal Of Basil Ringrose By Basil Ringrose Captain Sharp's Journey Over the Isthmus of Darien and Expedition Into the South Seas: The Journal of His Expedition; Written by Himself By Bartholomew Sharp Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe: The Journal of His Adventures; Written by Himself By William Ambrosia Cowley
#853723 in Books 2016-12-16Original language:English 8.50 x .69 x 5.51l; #File Name: 1908476958282 pages
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