CHAPTER V.--DAMPIER'S VOYAGES.

Dampier leaves Captain Sharp--Land march over the Isthmus--Joins Captain Wright--Wreck of D'Estrèes and the French fleet--Returns to England--Second voyage--With Captain Cook--Guinea coast--Visits Juan Fernandez--Takes Ampalla--Plunders Paita--Scheme for working the Spanish mines--Attacks Manilla Galleon--Captain Swan--Dampier's death unknown--Van Horn, a Dutch sailor--Entraps the Galleons--Takes Vera Cruz--Killed in a duel with De Graff--His Dress 277

MONARCHS OF THE MAIN.