William Dampier
Explorer
1651-09-05
William Dampier was an English explorer, navigator, and naturalist who circumnavigated the globe multiple times. He became one of the first Englishmen to explore parts of Australia and published influential travel and natural history accounts.
Books by William Dampier
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Quotes by William Dampier
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While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and stood there menacing and threatening of us, and making a great noise. At last one of them came towards us, and the rest followed at a distance.
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I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.
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