{"product_id":"pirate-of-exquisite-mind","title":"A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0552772100\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"ucw6gi-rj6rwn-g9r2w9-t74acg\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003eA rip-roaring swashbuckler about a forgotten 17th century English hero who, starting as a poor, piratical buccaneer, became a famed round-the-world explorer.\u003cbr\u003eWilliam 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.\u003cbr\u003eDampier was the first to map the winds and currents of the world's oceans; led the first recorded party of Englishmen to set foot on Australia - 80 years before Cook; wrote about Galapagos wildlife 150 years before Darwin, who drew on Dampier's notes in his own work; was the first travel writer- A NEW VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD was instant bestseller when it was published in 1697 - said to have influenced the novels of Swift and Defoe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man full of contradictions- he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his \"exquisite refinement of mind\". A classic example of the best narrative history.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0552772100\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"1otx2j-ffjsmr-jr524y-a5iwrb\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003eAuthor: Diana Preston, Michael Preston\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0552772100\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"1otx2j-ffjsmr-jr524y-a5iwrb\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003ePaperback: 512 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU: P6392","brand":"Boat books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52956109668716,"sku":"P6392","price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/1920\/5996\/files\/A-pirate-of-exquisite-mind-e1744595845131.jpg?v=1764758716","url":"https:\/\/www.boatbooks-aust.com.au\/products\/pirate-of-exquisite-mind","provider":"Boat books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}