Значение слова DAMPIER в Литературной энциклопедии

WILLIAM (1652-1715).-Discoverer and buccaneer, _b._ near Yeovil. After various seafaring adventures, and leading a semi-piratical life, he was in 1688 marooned on Nicobar Island, but escaped to Acheen, returned to England in 1691. He _pub._ his _Voyage Round the World_ (1697), and _A Discourse of Winds_ (1699). He was then employed by government on a voyage of survey and discovery (1699-1700), in the course of which he explored the north-west coast of Australia and the coasts of New Guinea and New Britain. In 1701 he was wrecked upon Ascension Island, from which he was rescued by an East Indiaman. He was afterwards court-martialled for cruelty, and wrote an angry but unconvincing vindication. His _Voyage_ is written in a style plain and homely, but is perspicuous and interesting.