A New Voyage Round the World: The Journal of an English Buccaneer
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This work provides an account of the buccanneer, scientist and explorer William Dampier. Setting sail from England in 1679 and returning 12 years later, having "accidentally" circumnavigated the globe on a series of pirate ships. Filled with descriptions of Dampier's escapades with the buccaneers of strange customs, and exotic flora and fauna, this revised and reprinted edition features an appendix of Dampier's natural history observations.
Author: William Dampier
Format: Hardback, 320 pages, 155mm x 235mm, 825 g
Published: 1998, hummingbird press, United Kingdom
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous
Description
This work provides an account of the buccanneer, scientist and explorer William Dampier. Setting sail from England in 1679 and returning 12 years later, having "accidentally" circumnavigated the globe on a series of pirate ships. Filled with descriptions of Dampier's escapades with the buccaneers of strange customs, and exotic flora and fauna, this revised and reprinted edition features an appendix of Dampier's natural history observations.
A New Voyage Round the World: The Journal of an English Buccaneer