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Attorney- a qualified lawyer.

Great Plague- A serious attack of a plague in London in 1664-5 when about on fifth of the population dies, it killed 70 000 people.

Predeceased- Die before (another person).

Privateer- a crew member of a privateer, often knownas a pirate.

Tenant- a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.

Testifies- give evidence as a witness in a law court.

Unspecified- not stated clearly.

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http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/blogs/maritime-history/brief-timeline-dampiers-life
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/objectsthroughtime/1699-william-dampier-mariners-compass/index.html

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William Dampier dies and is buried in an unnamed grave

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Dampier makes his will. (Judith apparently predeceased him some years earlier)

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Is released and arrives back in England.

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He sails to Batavia, but unable to produce his Letter of Marque, authorising him to be a privateer, Dampier is imprisoned.

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Sails around New Guinea to New Ireland, names New Britain then, with his ship in need of repairs, heads back home.

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In January he is still in court. In April he signs power of attorney to his wife Judith. A New Voyage Round the World is published. He makes the price to £35 per sell

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In October he testifies for the defence at the trial of the captured pirates.

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In August Dampier joins the ‘Spanish Expedition Shipping’, a private venture.

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Dampier arrives in the Western coast of New Holland, recording everything in his journal.

In January he leaves for England in the Defence
under Captain Heath. He leaves in May, reaching the Downs in September. He reunites with Judith.

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He leaves Cachao to return to Achin and in September. There he discovers William and Mary are crowned King and Queen of England. Leaves for Fort St George.

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Then sails over to North Vietnam, then, Cachao (Hanoi).

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Captain James Cook arrives in the Revenge. Dampier joins after unspecified problems comes up. They sail across the Atlantic to Sierra Leone.

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Sails to Jamaica after sending home the deeds of his estate.

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Returns back to England and marries Judith (who is the household of Duchess of Grafton.)

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Serves on board the Royal Prince in the battle of Texel against the Dutch.

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Enlists in the ‘Royal Navy’.

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His mother Anne dies in the Great Plague. At school Dampier has a grounding in Latin and Arithmetic.

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His father George dies

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Born the second son of a tenant farmer at East Coker, Somerset, England.

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Of William Dampier