| Show X I E X t r iI ti F X r X k Seaman Is Remembered as Rescuer of Cru Crusoe oe William Dampier Is one of the most extraordinary figures In the story of exploration He lie was a great navigator na and a great explorer but he was also a n buccaneer with a n reputation for cruelty HIs ms name Is remembered f for lr two reasons First because he was undoubtedly the first English seaman to set eyes on Australia anI and the first explorer to do any surveys surveys sur sur- ve veys s 's there Secondly while buccaneering buccaneering bucca bucca- he took part In some some of ot the most amazing exploits of the so-called so Brethren of the Coast crossed the Isthmus of Darlen Darien and was present at nt atthe atthe the sacking of Santa Marta Twice the government go sent Dampier to the time South seas The second time lime he returnEd returned returned re re- re- re turned turnE-d Vindication Vindication Vindication Vindi poor and ill m wrote a n cation and lived to sail saU again on the famous voyage that thrilled the world by the rescue of Alexander Selkirk the sailor who was marooned on Juan Junn Fernandez Island and became Immortal Immor Immor- tal as Robinson Crusoe Montreal Montreal Family Herald erald |
