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From Quotes by William Dampier
- 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…
- In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if…
- Typhoons are a sort of violent whirlwinds. Before these whirlwinds come on... there appears a heavy cloud to the northeast which is very black near…
- While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and stood there…
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