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<p> An English navigator and buccaneer; led a roving and adventurous life, and parting company with his comrades, set off on a cruise in the South Seas; came home and published a "Voyage Round the World"; this led to his employment in further adventures, in one of which [[Alexander]] [[Selkirk]] accompanied him, but was wrecked on Juan Fernandez; in his last adventure, it is said, he rescued Selkirk and brought him home (1652-1715). </p> | <p> An English navigator and buccaneer; led a roving and adventurous life, and parting company with his comrades, set off on a cruise in the South Seas; came home and published a "Voyage Round the World"; this led to his employment in further adventures, in one of which [[Alexander]] [[Selkirk]] accompanied him, but was wrecked on Juan Fernandez; in his last adventure, it is said, he rescued Selkirk and brought him home (1652-1715). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_71983"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dampier,+william William Dampier from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71983"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dampier,+william William Dampier from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 15 October 2021
William Dampier [1]
An English navigator and buccaneer; led a roving and adventurous life, and parting company with his comrades, set off on a cruise in the South Seas; came home and published a "Voyage Round the World"; this led to his employment in further adventures, in one of which Alexander Selkirk accompanied him, but was wrecked on Juan Fernandez; in his last adventure, it is said, he rescued Selkirk and brought him home (1652-1715).
