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Which author was at one time a pirate?
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#24878. Asked by triviawoman. (Dec 05 02 8:08 PM)
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Kainantu
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William Dampier ...a remarkable seaman %96 scientist named Willian Dampier , the first man since Columbus eager to know the natural curiosities of the Caribbean and and west Indies world .He was a large %96 nosed, lean , quiet ,keen-eyed man, an excellent navigator , a careful and accurate scientist. He was also a pirate http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/sunshine/235/mdampier.htm MR. Smallbone would not have described the hurricane if it had not been for a remarkable seaman %96 scientist named willian Dampier , the first man since Columbus eager to know the natural curiosities of the Caribbean and and west Indies world .He was a large %96 nosed, lean , quiet ,keen-eyed man, an excellent navigator , a careful and accurate scientist. He was also a pirate http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/sunshine/235/mdampier.htm ...Dampier wrote another book, Voyage to New Holland www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/dampier.html
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