William Dampier Quotes
William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651; died March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has also been described as Australia's first natural historian, as well as one of the most important British explorers of the period between Sir Francis Drake (16th century) and Captain James Cook (18th century); according to Diana and Michael Preston, he "bridged those two eras" with a mix of piratical derring-do of the form
- England
- Explorers
- Naturalists
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Dampier (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.