William Dampier is a British explorer. He explored the coasts of New Britain, New Guinea, Australia and many more places. Dampier did his exploring for the British Admiralty, the head of the Royal Navy in England. He was also known as a buccaneer. He discovered many interesting things that made him become such a famous explorer. He was the most famous explorer of the seventeenth century. This was probably because he sailed all the way around the world three times! William Dampier was born in August of 1651 in the city of Somerset England. He later died in March the year of 1715 in the town of London. Within this life span he did many things. There isn’t very much known about Dampier’s early life. It has been proved though, that he was born into a family of farmers. He was the second son of his father and was given a basic education. He learned about math and latin mostly. When he was …show more content…
seven years old both of his parents sadly died. After this event he became an apprentice to a shipmaster. He loved doing this and wanted to stay at sea. During his time as an apprentice, he learned lots about navigation. He also learned the patterns of the wind and weather to become a better sailor. Soon he would become very skilled at knowing and using these patterns. Dampier also spent most of his early life on the ship as an apprentice in the Caribbean. However, by 1670 Dampier had been to France and Newfoundland, and was headed to Java in the East Indies. While he was in the Caribbean, he was a very skilled buccaneer. He would join different groups of buccaneers and go to all different Spanish ships and raid them for food and money. Finally Dampier wanted to explore on his own ship. His first time circumnavigating (going fully around something) the world he visited many places. Dampier had many journals where he wrote about the places he visited and other events that occurred during his travels, and he traveled a lot. He went to the Philippines and Spice Islands once crossing the Pacific. He also explored the northwest coast of Australia, which was known as New Holland at the time. After seeing all these wonderful places, Dampier was left all alone and stranded in the Bay of Bengal. He finally returned to England in 1691. He returned with no money, but had completed his first time around the world. Even after everything he went through on his first trip around the world, he still had all of his journals. After the success of his first journey, Dampier became the captain of his own ship, and started a second voyage. On this voyage he went on a scientific expedition to Australia. he found many new and exciting plants and creatures and loved this journey. On the way home though, Dampier’s ship sunk. That was the end of his second voyage. Dampier went on his third voyage in 1708.
He did many things on this expedition. He even rescued a stranded pirate! He saved a man by the name of Alexander Selkirk, who had been stranded off the coast of Chile for five years! He also raided a Spanish ship. From this he found many treasures, such as, cinnamon, cloves, jewels, silver plate, damask, Chinese porcelain, musk, and taffetas. This treasure allowed Dampier to retire. Retirement did not keep William Dampier away from the sea! He continued to travel all over the world. He went many places before he died. To this very day nobody's quite sure of how William Dampier died. We do know that he did pass on at the age of 63 in London, England. This was the year of 1715, when we lost an amazing man, William Dampier. As you can see, William Dampier was a famous english explorer who discovered many outstanding things. He helped many people and went on many adventures. His name will always be in history for circumnavigating the world three times! William Dampier was an inspiring man who will always be
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Samuel de Champlain, who’s known as “The Father of New France” was a French explorer during the 17th century. He also was a navigator, cartographer, soldier, administrator, and chronicler of New France. He is famous for discovering Lake Champlain, Quebec City, and he helped establish the governments of New France.
Champlain’s first voyage trip was with his uncle-in-law, Saint Julien, a great navigator and sea voyageur. Julien was transporting Spanish soldiers to Cadiz in the pursuit of a treaty with the Vervins. Champlain got an opportunity to accompany his uncle for his first navigation trip. He made another voyage to West Indies and Mexico. In any navigation he made, he took notes, learnt new things and submitted a report to King Henry. He legally acquired the voyage ship and property after his uncle died leaving Champlain financially stable to make further exploration works. He served in the king’s court as a geographer. His first trip to the Northern America was to observer trade expedition that the King had assented to him. He met François Grave, a great navigator and ship captain who taught him what navigation in the North America entailed. Champlain drew Saint Lawrence on a map after his trip. Champlain established many settlements such as Acadia and P...
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