William Funnell wrote a fantastic account of William Dampier's privateering excursion into the South Seas in the ship St George, in the years 1703 And 1704.

Funnell was a mutinous sea-dog who, along with his fellow band of fools, ensured the failure of Dampier's privateering expedition and marooned Dampier and loyal crew members in the South Sea. The mutineers alerted the Spaniards to Dampier's marooning by releasing the Spanish prisoners. Fully expecting Dampier to die in the South Seas, Funnell returned and prepared a manuscript in which he aggrandizes himself and denigrates Dampier.

This slanderous book prompted Dampier to publish his now infamous "vindication" in which Dampier heatedly points out Funnell's propensity for humbug. Dampier's Vindication is provided as a prologue in order to provide context from a more reliable narrator.

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Vol. 1. A New Voyage Round the World by William Dampier

Vol. 2. Supplement of the Voyage Round the World by William Dampier

Vol. 3. Two Voyages to Campeachy by William Dampier

Vol. 4. A Discourse of Winds by William Dampier

Vol. 5. A Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier

Vol. 6. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier

Vol. 7. The Adventures of William Dampier: Being William Dampier's Unpublished Journal (Sloan MS. 3236) by William Dampier

Vol. 8. William Dampier's Atlas &c. A Collection of Maps. A Glossary. A Catalog of Old and New Place Names. Dampier's Who's Who. A Brisk Biography.

Vol. 9. A Booty of Words. A Dictionary Devoted to the Linguistic Treasure Contributed to the English Language by the Pirate William Dampier

Vol. 10. Wafer's New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of Darien by Lionel Wafer

Vol. 11. Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe by William Ambrosia Cowley

Vol. 12. Baz Ringrose's Journal Into the South Seas by Basil Ringrose

Vol. 13 William Dick's South Sea Voyage by William Dick (aka William Williams)

Vol. 14. Captain Sharp's Journey Over the Isthmus of Darien and Expedition Into the South Seas by Bartholomew Sharp

Vol. 15. The Voyage and Adventures of Bartholomew Sharp and Others in the South Seas by Anonymous

Vol. 16. Funnell's A Voyage Round the World. Containing an Account of Captain Dampier's Expedition Into the South-Seas in the Ship St George, In the Years 1703 and 1704 by William Funnell. Includes: William Dampier's Vindication by William Dampier

Vol. 17. Woodes Rogers' Cruising Voyage Round the World by Woodes Rogers

Vol. 18. Woodes Rogers' Life Aboard a British Privateer by Woodes Rogers

Vol. 19. A Voyage to the South Seas and Round the World by Captain Edward Cooke