William Dampier
![Portrait of Dampier holding his book, a painting by [[Thomas Murray (artist)|Thomas Murray]] (c. 1697–1698)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Dampier-portrait.jpg)
After impressing the British Admiralty with his book ''A New Voyage Round the World'', Dampier was given command of a Royal Navy ship and made important discoveries in western Australia, before being court-martialed for cruelty. On a later voyage he rescued Alexander Selkirk, a former crewmate who may have inspired Daniel Defoe's ''Robinson Crusoe''. Others influenced by Dampier include George Anson, James Cook, Horatio Nelson, Charles Darwin, and Alfred Russel Wallace. Provided by Wikipedia
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5by Ashley Azar, Kathryn Devlin, Joshua Chang Mell, Tania Giovannetti, Vanessa Pirrone, Michael R Nonnemacher, Shendra Passic, Katherine Kercher, Jean W Williams, Jeffery M Jacobson, Brian Wigdahl, William Dampier, David J Libon, Christian SellGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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