William Dampier: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Anton Gill, The Devil’s Mariner: A Life of William Dampier, Pirate and Explorer, 1651–1715 (1997); William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World (1697, reissued 1998); Diana Preston and Michael Preston, A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier (2004).

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Feb 25, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 28, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 26, 2024
Add new Web site: National Museum, Australia - Arrival of English explorer William Dampier. Aug 15, 2022
Add new Web site: Western Australia Museum - Voyages of Grand Discovery - William Dampier. Mar 11, 2020
Add new Web site: Flinders Ranges Research - The South Seas Voyages of William Dampier. Aug 01, 2019
Add new Web site: H2g2 - Biography of William Dampier. Sep 12, 2013
Added new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of William Dampier. May 27, 2009
Bibliography revised and updated. Oct 30, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of William Dampier. Oct 24, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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