A Booty of Words: A Dictionary Devoted to the Linguistic Treasure Contributed to the English Language by the Pirate-Scientist William Da

by William Dampier and C.J. Cooney

IN THE LATE seventeenth century, William Dampier and his fellow pirates sacked, burned, robbed and ransomed Spanish towns up and down the coasts of Central and South America. Dampier was never any good at this. As pirate or privateer captain, he never captured any treasure of note. However, he did bring home a treasury of useful knowledge in natural history, economics and political economy, hydrography, anthropology, zoology, ethnography, botany,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1981290397
• ISBN13: 9781981290390
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"