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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...
After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

 After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New...
As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

 As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were...
As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Australian Plants

 As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and...
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...
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...