William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879).Artist: McFarlane and Erskine

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William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879). Dampier (1652-1715) mapped the coasts of New Guinea and Western Australia (then known as New Holland) in 1699-1700. He was the first English explorer to see Australia. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879.

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