William Dampier was a 17th century explorer, pirate and naturalist. Dampier was the first to map the winds and currents of the world’s oceans. He was also the first to write about the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands.

• Biography – William Dampier
• Pirate and Buccaneers – Galapagos 

Portrait of William Dampier by Thomas Murray painted between 1697 and 1698