A Voyage to New Holland (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
William Dampier (1651-1715) was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of New Holland (Australia) and New Guinea. He was the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. In the 1670s he crewed with buccaneers on the Spanish Main of Central America, later transferring to Captain Charles Swan's ship, the Cygnet, and setting out across the Pacific to raid the East Indies. After further adventures Dampier returned to England in 1691 via the Cape of Good Hope, penniless but in possession of his journals. The publication of these journals as New Voyage Round th…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4065-9961-9
- EAN: 9781406599619
- Produktnummer: 4468219
- Verlag: Dodo Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 124 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.5 cm 198 g
- Gewicht: 198
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