William Dampier

Chapter 1: WILLIAM DAMPIER

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About This Book

A biographical study traces the life and career of an intrepid seaman who rises from Caribbean buccaneer beginnings to undertake multiple global voyages and command several expeditions. It combines historical background on buccaneering and seventeenth-century navigation with detailed narratives of successive circumnavigations, individual ship voyages, and a later expedition with a notable commander. The author emphasizes daily maritime life, hardships, navigational skill, natural observations made during the voyages, and closes with an assessment of the subject's character and achievements.

WILLIAM DAMPIER

First Edition 1889. Reprinted 1894

WILLIAM DAMPIER

W. CLARK RUSSELL

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1894

CONTENTS


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CHAPTER I.
The Buccaneers—Navigation in the Seventeenth Century—Features of the Vocational Life of the Early Mariner	1
CHAPTER II.
Dampier's Early Life—Campeché—He joins the Buccaneers, 1652-1681	15
CHAPTER III.
Dampier's First Voyage round the World, 1681-1691	44
CHAPTER IV.
The Voyage of the “Roebuck,” 1699-1701	85
CHAPTER V.
The Voyage of the “St. George,” 1702-1706-7	107
CHAPTER VI.
The Voyage With Woodes Rogers, 1708-1711	138
CHAPTER VII.
Conclusion	183