{"product_id":"the-collected-edition-of-dampiers-voyages-volumes-1-4-1730","title":"THE COLLECTED EDITION OF DAMPIER'S VOYAGES Volumes 1-4, 1729","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE COLLECTED EDITION OF DAMPIER'S VOYAGES 4 volumes. Octo (198 x 121mm), 63 engraved maps and plates, many folding, engraved tail-pieces throughout, with title-pages to the seventh edition of Dampier's A New Voyage Round the World and the third edition of A Voyage to New-Holland in vols 1 and 3 respectively. Generally considered the best' (Sabin), including the narratives of Wafer, Sharp, Wood, Funnell and Hacke.  'William Dampier combined a swashbuckling life of adventure with pioneering scientific achievements. In 1676, he started his career as a buccaneer preying on ships on the Spanish Main and struggling through the impenetrable jungle of the Isthmus of Panama in search of gold. He could easily have ended up on the gallows. Poor and obscure yet determined to sail the world to make his fortune, he was to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe three times. Among his many extraordinary achievements, Dampier mapped the winds and the currents of the world's oceans for the first time. He inspired Darwin one hundred and fifty years later with his notes on the wildlife of the Galapagos islands and elsewhere. His portrait in London's National Portrait Gallery shows a lean, strong-featured man with a thoughtful expression, brown shoulder-length hair and a plain coat, holding a book in his hand. He is styled 'Pirate and Hydrographer' but even that tells only part of his story. He was a pioneering navigator, naturalist , travel writer and explorer, as well as hydrographer who was, indeed, quite happy to seek his fortune as a pirate.' Preston. It was his descriptions of the aborigines at King Sound which probably inspired Swift's 'Yahoos' in Gulliver's Travels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"dF3vjf\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAg\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"dF3vjf\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eVolume I:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dampier’s voyages around the world (7th ed.).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAw\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"dF3vjf\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eVolume II:\u003c\/strong\u003e Supplements, including Dampier’s \u003cem data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eA Voyage to New Holland\u003c\/em\u003e (3rd ed.) and descriptions of trade winds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQBA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"dF3vjf\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eVolume III:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"jo6Ejc_1i\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e W. Funnell's account of the \u003cem data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eSt. George\u003c\/em\u003e expedition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQBg\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"dF3vjf\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sfc-cb=\"\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eVolume IV:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCowley's voyage round the globe, Sharp's journal, Wood's\u003cspan data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"jo6Ejc_1s\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Straits of Magellan voyage, and Robert's adventures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eJames and John Knapton, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear of Publication: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1729\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full tan calf hardcovers, with red morocco labels (Volume 1 missing label), lettered in gilt with gilt borders on spine and boards. Faded and worn covers. Previous owner's name inside. Please refer to photos for condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James and John Knapton,","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48504977719515,"sku":"N\/A","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9284\/4763\/files\/42EC9EDA-0408-4AFE-ACD6-D221C9B56C07_1_105_c.jpg?v=1774331841","url":"https:\/\/tstextbooks.com.au\/products\/the-collected-edition-of-dampiers-voyages-volumes-1-4-1730","provider":"T's Textbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}