Dampier's Monkey The South Seas Voyages of William Dampier |
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| Author:
| Mitchell, Adrian |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86254-759-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press Pty, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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William Dampier, the 'devil's mariner' as he has been called, a far voyager and traveller extraordinaire, lived in an era when the past was being put behind the present, and everything was new - a new world discovered by the first stirrings of the new science, under a new political and economic formation.
William Dampier, the 'devil's mariner' as he has been called, a far voyager and traveller extraordinaire, lived in an era when the past was being put behind the present, and everything was new - a new world discovered by the first stirrings of the new science, under a new political and economic formation.