William+Dampier+Arrives

William Dampier was born in 1651 in Somerset, England. He was an English explorer and was the first to navigate the maps of New Holland (Australia) and New Guinea. He lived his life exploring and naviagating all over the world. In 1699, he landed on Dirk Hartog island, taking some samples of plants and drawing pictures of birds, fish and other animals. Unfortuantly in march,1715 hae died in London.