Diana Preston, Michael Preston

A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind

The Life Of William Dampier

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Produktbeschreibung

William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. 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".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780552772105
• ISBN-10: 0552772100
• Artikelnr.: 21663112

Autorenporträt

Diana & Michael Preston

Inhaltsangabe

A Pirate of Exquisite MindAcknowledgments
Prologue
Part I: The Adventurer
I. A Self-Conceited Young Man
II. A Great Prospect of Getting Money Here
III. To Seek a Subsistence
IV. A Door to the South Seas
Part II: The Buccaneer
V. That Sacred Hunger of Gold
VI. Two Fat Monkeys
VII. The Bachelor's Delight
VIII. The Enchanted Islands
IX. We Ran for It
Part III: The Traveler
X. You Would Have Poisened Them
XI. As White as Milk and as Soft as Cream
XII. This Mad Crew
XIII. New-Gotten Library
XIV. Our Little Ark
XV. Gut Rot and Gunpowder
XVI. The Painted Prince
Part IV: The Celebrity
XVII. The Rover's Return
XVIII. Good Copy
XIX. Dampier's Voyage Takes so Wonderfully
XX. Kiss My Arse
XXI. Shark's Bay
XXII. A Flame of Fire
XXIII. Not a Fit Person
Part V: The Ancient Mariner
XXIV. Brandy Enough
XXV. The Manila Galleon at Last
Epilogue
Notes and Sources
Bibliography
Art Credits
Index