{"product_id":"9780241413289","title":"A New Voyage Round the World","description":"Author: Dampier, William\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241413289\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Oct 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first great English-language travel book, \u003ci\u003eA New Voyage Round the World \u003c\/i\u003e(1697) is an incomparably vivid, chaotic and fascinating account by the pirate, explorer and naturalist William Dampier of his many adventures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world he describes sprawls all the way from the Caribbean west across the Pacific to the Philippines and Southeast Asia - a vast expanse tied together by the Spanish Empire.  Dampier and his men live lives of rascally precariousness, in the shadow of great Spanish galleons and fortresses, always on the verge of disaster.  His book is filled with raids, escapes, wrecks and storms, but Dampier is also a great observer of animals, exotic foods, boats, customs: the book is a cornucopia of descriptions of everything from giant centipedes to bananas.  It was originally designed simply to entertain and inform, but it is now a unique document, miraculously preserving glimpses of now long-vanished peoples and places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition, introduced and annotated by Nicholas Thomas, makes clear Dampier's key role as a proselytizer for the early British Empire, as an inspiration for generations of naturalist and explorers, and as a uniquely curious character.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48185223381150,"sku":"UBD-9780241413289","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241413289.jpg?v=1787486372","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241413289","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}