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William Dampier

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WILLIAM DAMPIER

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First Edition 1889. Reprinted 1894

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WILLIAM DAMPIER

WILLIAM DAMPIER

BY

W. CLARK RUSSELL

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1894

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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

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