{"product_id":"a-pirate-of-exquisite-mind-isbn-9780425200377","title":"A Pirate of Exquisite Mind","description":"Seventeenth-century pirate genius William Dampier sailed around the world three times when crossing the Pacific was a major feat, was the first explorer to visit all five continents, and reached Australia eighty years before Captain Cook. His exploits created a sensation in Europe. Swift and Defoe used his experiences in writing \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e. Darwin incorporated his concept of \"sub-species\" into the theory of evolution. Dampier's description of breadfruit was the impetus for Captain Bligh's voyage on the \u003ci\u003eBounty\u003c\/i\u003e. He was so influential that today he has more than one thousand entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, including such words as chopsticks, barbecue, and kumquat. Anthropologists still use his work.A Pirate of Exquisite MindAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Adventurer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. A Self-Conceited Young Man\u003cbr\u003eII. A Great Prospect of Getting Money Here\u003cbr\u003eIII. To Seek a Subsistence\u003cbr\u003eIV. A Door to the South Seas\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Buccaneer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. That Sacred Hunger of Gold\u003cbr\u003eVI. Two Fat Monkeys\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Bachelor's Delight\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Enchanted Islands\u003cbr\u003eIX. We Ran for It\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Traveler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX. You Would Have Poisened Them\u003cbr\u003eXI. As White as Milk and as Soft as Cream\u003cbr\u003eXII. This Mad Crew\u003cbr\u003eXIII. New-Gotten Library\u003cbr\u003eXIV. Our Little Ark\u003cbr\u003eXV. Gut Rot and Gunpowder\u003cbr\u003eXVI. The Painted Prince\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Celebrity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII. The Rover's Return\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. Good Copy\u003cbr\u003eXIX. Dampier's Voyage Takes so Wonderfully\u003cbr\u003eXX. Kiss My Arse\u003cbr\u003eXXI. Shark's Bay\u003cbr\u003eXXII. A Flame of Fire\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. Not a Fit Person\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Ancient Mariner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV. Brandy Enough\u003cbr\u003eXXV. The Manila Galleon at Last\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes and Sources\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eArt Credits\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003eDiana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the ’45 Rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eA First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302892032229,"sku":"NP9780425200377","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425200377.jpg?v=1767720711","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-pirate-of-exquisite-mind-isbn-9780425200377","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}