The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand.
-- William Dampier
   
William Dampier   Name:
William Dampier
Type:
Explorer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
July 10, 1908
Death:
September 11, 1908
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