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William Dampier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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William Dampier (5 September 1651 [ 1 ] - 8 March 1715) was the first Englishman to explore parts of New Holland ( Australia ) and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. Dampier has been described as the first natural historian of Australia [ 2 ] and the greatest explorer-adventurer between Raleigh and Cook. [ 3 ]

The Olmsted family were among the first settlers of the Connecticut Colony.

Walking the Berkshires: Captain Gideon Olmsted, Privateer (part I)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kidd

William "Captain" Kidd ( c. 1645 – May 23, 1701) [ 1 ] was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean .

William Kidd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

National Portrait Gallery - Portrait NPG 6353; Gerlach Flicke; Henry Strangwish (or Strangways)

The online database contains information on 175,059 works, 95,122 of which are illustrated; the National Portrait Gallery's collection includes over 330,000 works. We are expanding this database regularly - last updated December 2011.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte

Jean Lafitte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jean Lafitte (ca. 1776 – ca. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite , but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte", and this is the commonly seen spelling in the United States, including for places named for him. Lafitte is believed to have been born either in France or the French colony of Saint-Domingue .