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William Dampier
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William Dampier was an English explorer, pirate, privateer and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world
Portrait by Thomas Murray, c. 1697–1698
Portrait by Thomas Murray, c. 1697–1698
Giolo (Jeoly) of Miangas, who became a slave in Mindanao, and bought by William Dampier together with Jeoly's mother, who died at sea. Jeoly was exhib
Giolo (Jeoly) of Miangas, who became a slave in Mindanao, and bought by William Dampier together with Jeoly's mother, who died at sea. Jeoly was exhibited in London in 1691 to large crowds as a sideshow, until he died of smallpox three months later.
Australian plant life from Dampier's A Voyage to New Holland, published in 1703
Australian plant life from Dampier's A Voyage to New Holland, published in 1703
Engraving of Dampier's encounter with the storm off Aceh, in modern-day Indonesia, by Caspar Luyken
Engraving of Dampier's encounter with the storm off Aceh, in modern-day Indonesia, by Caspar Luyken
Alexander Selkirk
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Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited is
William Dampier
…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…
Clad in goatskins, Selkirk awaits rescue in a sculpture by Thomas Stuart Burnett (1885)
Clad in goatskins, Selkirk awaits rescue in a sculpture by Thomas Stuart Burnett (1885)
The rescued Selkirk, seated at right, being taken aboard Duke.
The rescued Selkirk, seated at right, being taken aboard Duke.
An illustration of Crusoe in goatskin clothing shows the influence of Selkirk
An illustration of Crusoe in goatskin clothing shows the influence of Selkirk
Title page from The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe (1835), by an unknown author
Title page from The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe (1835), by an unknown author