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Voyage Around the World

From his next voyage, a circumnavigation of the world, Dampier emerged as an important explorer and hydrographer. Sailing from Virginia to Africa and back to Cape Horn in 1683, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice, then crossed the Pacific Ocean to the present-day Philippines and China, sailed south to the Australian coast and Sumatra, and finally, in 1691, reached England. Throughout the voyage he made meticulous surveys, charts, and logs. Published as Voyage Round the World (1697) and Voyages and Descriptions (1699), they excited interest in the seas they described.