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William Dampier

1651 - 1715

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William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651; died March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has also been described as Australia's first natural historian, as well as one of the most important British explorers of the period between Sir Francis Drake (16th century) and Captain James Cook (18th century); he "bridged those two eras" with a mix of piratical derring-do of the former and scientific inquiry of the latter. His expeditions were among the first to identify and name a number of plants, animals, foods, and cooking techniques for a European audience, being among the first English writers to use words such as avocado, barbecue, and chopsticks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dampier has received more than 772,608 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). William Dampier is the 65th most popular explorer, the 608th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 597th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Explorer.

William Dampier was an English explorer and privateer. He was most famous for exploring the west coast of Australia in 1699.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Dampier ranks 65 out of 405Before him are Michael Rockefeller, John Smith, James Clark Ross, Nikolay Przhevalsky, John Davis, and Antonio Pigafetta. After him are Lope de Aguirre, Hernando de Soto, Diego Columbus, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Alonso de Ojeda, and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, William Dampier ranks 4Before him are Margaret Theresa of Spain, François Fénelon, and Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. After him are Natalya Naryshkina, Engelbert Kaempfer, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, and Dimitry of Rostov. Among people deceased in 1715, William Dampier ranks 8Before him are Nicolas Malebranche, Gülnuş Sultan, François Fénelon, Dom Pérignon, Thomas Savery, and Marie Mancini. After him are Antoine Galland, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pu Songling, François Girardon, and Mirwais Hotak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Dampier ranks 608 out of 7,765Before him are Nick Mason (1944), Edgar Adrian (1889), John Snow (1813), Tony Iommi (1948), Tom Hardy (1977), and Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388). After him are John Flamsteed (1646), Henry the Young King (1155), John Rhys-Davies (1944), William Wilberforce (1759), James Hargreaves (1720), and Douglas Adams (1952).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Dampier ranks 13Before him are Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Adams (1564), Henry Hudson (1570), John Smith (1580), James Clark Ross (1800), and John Davis (1550). After him are Robert FitzRoy (1805), Mary Kingsley (1862), Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Isabella Bird (1831), and Martin Frobisher (1535).