A New Voyage Round the World
William Dampier author Nicholas Thomas editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:27th Aug '20
Should be back in stock very soon
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies
'A roaring tale ... remains as vivid and exciting today as it was on publication in 1697' Guardian
The pirate and adventurer William Dampier circumnavigated the globe three times, and took notes wherever he went. This is his frank, vivid account of his buccaneering sea voyages around the world, from the Caribbean to the Pacific and East Indies. Filled with accounts of raids, escapes, wrecks and storms, it also contains precise observations of people, places, animals and food (including the first English accounts of guacamole, mango chutney and chopsticks). A bestseller on publication, this unique record of the colonial age influenced Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels and consequently the whole of English literature.
Edited with an Introduction by Nicholas Thomas
ISBN: 9780241413289
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm
Weight: 371g
512 pages