THE PIRATE-SCIENTIST WILLIAM DAMPIER (1651-1715) lived at a remarkable time in human history: at the dawn of modern science and at the intersection of three golden ages: the golden ages of sail, exploration, and piracy. Curious to see the world and keen to add to the world's sum total of useful knowledge, he ventured out upon the high seas. He kept a careful account of his adventures in the world's Torrid Zone, describing as he went the soil, rivers, harbors, tides, currents, winds, plants, fruits and animals of the lands he visited, together with the inhabitants, their customs, religion, government and trade. Dampier was a poor pirate, but precisely because he was a pirate he was able to travel the world and discover true and lasting treasure: hard and useful foundational knowledge in the realms of science, natural history, economics and political economy, hydrography, botany, zoology, ethnography, anthropology, navigation, geography, map-making, literature, and language. His story begins in A New Voyage Round the World. Search Amazon for "tomes maritime dampier" and discover: THE DAMPIER COLLECTION
Vol. 1. A New Voyage Round the World by William Dampier
Vol. 2. Supplement of the Voyage Round the World by William Dampier
Vol. 3. Two Voyages to Campeachy by William Dampier
Vol. 4. A Discourse of Winds by William Dampier
Vol. 5. A Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier
Vol. 6. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier
Vol. 7. The Adventures of William Dampier: Being William Dampier's Unpublished Journal (Sloan MS. 3236) by William Dampier
Vol. 8. William Dampier's Atlas &c. A Collection of Maps. A Glossary. A Catalog of Old and New Place Names. Dampier's Who's Who. A Brisk Biography.
Vol. 9. A Booty of Words. A Dictionary Devoted to the Linguistic Treasure Contributed to the English Language by the Pirate William Dampier
Vol. 10. Wafer's New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of Darien by Lionel Wafer
Vol. 11. Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe by William Ambrosia Cowley
Vol. 12. Baz Ringrose's Journal Into the South Seas by Basil Ringrose
Vol. 13 William Dick's South Sea Voyage by William Dick (aka William Williams)
Vol. 14. Captain Sharp's Journey Over the Isthmus of Darien and Expedition Into the South Seas by Bartholomew Sharp
Vol. 15. The Voyage and Adventures of Bartholomew Sharp and Others in the South Seas by Anonymous
Vol. 16. Funnell's A Voyage Round the World. Containing an Account of Captain Dampier's Expedition Into the South-Seas in the Ship St George, In the Years 1703 and 1704 by William Funnell. Includes: William Dampier's Vindication by William Dampier
Vol. 17. Woodes Rogers' Cruising Voyage Round the World by Woodes Rogers
Vol. 18. Woodes Rogers' Life Aboard a British Privateer by Woodes Rogers
Vol. 19. Edward Cooke's A Voyage to the South Seas and Round the World by Captain Edward Cooke
