William Dampier: 1679-1707
Dampier's New Voyage of 1697 met such an enthusiastic reception that his printer issued a second volume in 1699, containing supplemental information, but also a new treatise, Dampier's "Discourse on the Trade Winds."	Map of the Trade Winds (detail) fromVoyages and descriptions. Vol. II. London: Knapton, 1699.
The map records one of Dampier's pet peeves. The Pacific Ocean had been named by Magellan, because it was so peaceful, compared to the Straits (of Magellan) that he had just traversed. Dampier (and most other sailors) did not think the term was appropriate for most of that vast and turbulent ocean, so on the map he restricts the name "Pacific" to the seas that lie off South America, and adopts the name of "the Great South Sea" to identify the rest.
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