Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for William Dampier across 4 places, from 1651 to 1701.
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William Dampier (165 to 1 March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer 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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1651year
East Cokerattested“William Dampier was born at Hymerford House in East Coker, Somerset, in 1651.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
1651year
Hymerford Houseattested“William Dampier was born at Hymerford House in East Coker, Somerset, in 1651.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
21 February 1701exact date
Ascension Islandattested“In danger of sinking, he attempted to make the return voyage to England, but the ship foundered at Ascension Island on 21 February 1701.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
21 February 1701exact date
Englandattested“In danger of sinking, he attempted to make the return voyage to England, but the ship foundered at Ascension Island on 21 February 1701.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
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1679year
Englandmentioned“Returning to England, he married Judith around 1679, only to leave for the sea a few months later.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
1679year
Bay of Campechementioned“In 1679, Dampier joined the crew of the buccaneer (pirate) Captain Bartholomew Sharp on the Spanish Main of Central America, twice visiting the Bay of Campeche, or "Campeachy" as it was then known, on the north coast of Mexico.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
1683year
Virginiamentioned“Dampier made his way to Virginia, where in 1683 he was engaged by the privateer John Cooke.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
31 March 1686exact date
Guammentioned“Dampier transferred to the privateer Charles Swan's ship, Cygnet, and on 31 March 1686 they set out across the Pacific to raid the East Indies, calling at Guam and Mindanao in the Philippines.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
31 March 1686exact date
Pacificmentioned“Dampier transferred to the privateer Charles Swan's ship, Cygnet, and on 31 March 1686 they set out across the Pacific to raid the East Indies, calling at Guam and Mindanao in the Philippines.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
1687year
Manilamentioned“Contrary to Dampier's later claim that he had not actively participated in actual piratical attacks during this voyage, he was in fact selected in 1687 to command one of the Spanish ships captured by Cygnets crew off Manila.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
5 January 1688exact date
King Soundmentioned“On 5 January 1688, Cygnet "anchored two miles from shore in 29 fathoms" on the northwest coast of Australia, near King Sound.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
1691year
Cape of Good Hopementioned“Dampier returned to England in 1691 via the Cape of Good Hope, penniless, with his only possessions being his journals and a tattooed slave known as Jeoly.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
1691year
Englandmentioned“Dampier returned to England in 1691 via the Cape of Good Hope, penniless, with his only possessions being his journals and a tattooed slave known as Jeoly.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
14 January 1699exact date
Cape of Good Hopementioned“The expedition set out on 14 January 1699, too late in the season to attempt the Horn, so it headed to New Holland via the Cape of Good Hope instead.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
6 August 1699exact date
Indiesmentioned“Following the Dutch route to the Indies, Dampier passed between Dirk Hartog Island and the Western Australian mainland into what he called Shark Bay on 6 August 1699.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
8 June 1702exact date
The National Archives (United Kingdom)mentioned“According to records held at the UK's National Archives, the Royal Navy court martial held on 8 June 1702 involved the following three charges: #William Dampier, Captain, HMS Roebuck.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
11 September 1703exact date
Kinsalementioned“They were joined by the 16-gun Cinque Ports with 63 men, and sailed on 11 September 1703 from Kinsale, Ireland.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
February 1704month
Juan Fernández Islandsmentioned“The two ships made a storm-tossed passage round Cape Horn, arriving at the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile in February 1704.”source: Wikipedia: William Dampier
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