Sometime around 1685 Dampier switched to the crew of the CYGNET supposedly in order to satisfy his curiosity and explore the north of Mexico, rather than as a direct pursuit of wealth. Third category, taking possession of ships entirely unlawfully. Ships of other nations without official recognition. (A brief pause to insert a little clarity – a privateer was a privately owned and armed enterprise that operated againstĮnemy trade and was recognised by authority, while buccaneers operated against Dampier’s early experiences at sea consisted of several privateer voyages along the coasts of Central America and by 1683 he had joined a group of buccaneers bound for the Pacific. Little is known of Dampier’s childhood other than he was born in 1651 to a tenant farmer of a small English village. At its bleakest contrast, Dampier was a felon who created a historic legacy in the hallowed halls of literature, science and exploration.
#Explorer whose voyage ended in mutiny full#
Ironically Dampier, with his less than angelic past, visited Australian shores in 1688, a full century before the convicts of the first fleet. Pioneer and pirate, criminal and captain, explorer, author, travel writer and buccaneer. The memorial lists only a portion of Dampier’s eclectic career and speaks faintly of his contradictory character. So reads the memorial to Englishman William Dampier in the village of East Coker, Somerset, England, the place of his birth in 1651. ANMM Collection 00000846īuccaneer, Explorer, Hydrographer and sometime Captain of the Ship ROEBUCK in the Royal Navy of King William the Third.
Copper engraving c 1789 of William Dampier.
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