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A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack enemy ships. The government usually got a share of the profits.
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Privateer definition

 A privateer was a seaman with a license from his country's government to attack...
Three hundred year old pen and ink drawing of a "strange and large" bat.
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New Guinea Bat

 In 1699, accompanied by a shipboard artist, William Dampier conducted the first...
The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

 The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while...
Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island
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Captain William Kidd

 Captain Kidd had a license from Lord Bellomont, the governor of New England and New...