The Greatest Pirate You've Never Heard Of

William Dampier.

This guy.

So he circumnavigated the world three times (the first guy to do ever), was the first Englishman to visit Australia (beating out Cook).

He wrote like seven books and documented a variety of species of plants and animals, as well as taking accurate readings of winds and sea currents.

James Cook took his book along with him, as did Charles Darwin. Daniel Defoe used his books as a reference for Robinson Crusoe. Swift used his books as a reference for GULLIVERS TRAVELS.
 
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