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In Australian history textbooks, it is recorded that the first person to discover the big island of Australia was Captain Cook, but in fact, the first person to discover the big island of Australia in history should be the pirate captain William. Dampier.

So he has an extraordinary historical position in the hearts of Australia and even the British, which is one of the main reasons why Australians use his name to name this small city.

If you really talk about this William. Dampier, his life, can definitely be called a legend, as a pirate, in the end, he was not sent to the gallows, but won the recognition of the state, and the memory of history, he can definitely be said to be a winner in life.

Born in England in 1652, he spent his teenage years as a midshipman in the Indian Ocean before enlisting in the glorious Royal Navy and participating in the Anglo-Dutch War for Maritime Supremacy.

Later, in 1673, at the age of 21, he was ostracized in the army because of his pride and disobedience, so he simply deserted and began his legendary experience of going to Liangshan on a snowy night, becoming a pirate in the West Indies, specializing in attacking the ships that transported gold, silver and jewelry from South America to the mainland of Spain at that time.

Because of his strength and courage, he soon mixed up with the captaincy, and in 1683 he took his men and began to shift his position, and the activities of the Guinean generation.

In 1688, he and his pirate ship made his first accidental discovery of the Australian continent while evading the search of the Spanish navy, at a time when seafaring knowledge was scarce. He was the first to make a bold guess. The continent they discovered. It is neither part of the Philippines nor of the island of Guinea, but rather a new continent.

But it was only a brief encounter, and after evading the search of the Spanish warship, they soon returned to their journey.

In 1691 he finally returned to London, where he had been thinking about it day and night, because the evil deeds were not significant, and the government did not deal with him.

And he put his years of experience as a pirate. During that period, he collected a lot of information and sorted it out, and in 1697 he published a "New Travels Around the World", which caused a great sensation at the time, and he himself became an instant hit because of this book, and became a celebrity in English society at that time.

Later, great writers such as Defoe and Stevenson got a lot of inspiration from his book, and only then did they write many world-famous masterpieces.

William, 1699. Dampier set sail again. This time, though, he's no longer a pirate. Instead, he was recruited and became the Royal Navy again.

And his mission this time is to conduct a scientific expedition to the South Pacific region as the captain of the warship Roebuck.

In February 1700, he and his warships and crew returned to the last unknown island, and they had sailed more than 1,000 kilometers along the coastline, and it was then that he realized that this island was not a large island as he had imagined, but a new unexplored road.

At that time, he was ecstatic, in the name of the queen, named this continent 'New Britain', and then sailed back, and this 'New Britain' continent was later Australia.

This discovery made him famous when he returned to London, but after a few years of peace and quiet back home, he was invited again to join the famous adventurer, Woodrow. Captain Rogis' fleet for a round-the-world adventure.

This time they were on a deserted island near Chile. Juan. A squeaky, non-talking, sign-language 'wild man' was found on Fernand Island.

It wasn't until a week after rescuing the 'wild man' that he regained his ability to speak, and it turned out that he was a Scotsman named Alexander. Selkirk.

This man used to be a sailor, and in 1704, because of a conflict with the captain at the time, he was abandoned by the captain on this deserted island, and it was by his amazing perseverance that he lived alone on this deserted island for five years.

Later famous English writer, Daniel. It was on the basis of this man, and some of the notes left by Dampier, that Defoe wrote the famous book "Robinson Crusoe", which is known all over the world.

And Dampier is even more famous because he provided a prototype for this famous book.

This is probably the life resume of this captain, and he will be remembered in history not only because he was the first person to discover the Great Island of Australia, but also because of his scientific insights.

It is precisely because of his own insights into many years of hydrology and ocean currents that he wrote the famous scientific research article "Theory of Wind", which made people understand what a marine hurricane is, and also made him a famous master in marine meteorology.

Belinda drove Jin Muchen into the town of Dampier, and explained to Jin Muchen the origin of the name of this small town and the life resume of the famous British pirate captain.

And Jin Muchen sat in the co-pilot, listening in a daze, this Dampier brother, it seems that he is really amazing, look at the person who was just a pirate, but in the end, he actually relied on his own efforts to become a celebrity who went down in history.

Not only did he leave his mark in the history of literature, but he also left his name in the history of marine meteorology, and this person is really a great guy.

Being a pirate can do what he does, and it's really not something that anyone can do.

This small city is located in the northwest of Australia, relatively close to Indonesia, geographically close to the equator, so although the rest of Australia is in winter at this time, it is not too cold here, the hottest time during the day, the temperature can reach more than 20 degrees, and the night is only about 20 degrees, the climate is very pleasant.

The small city is on the coast, the port is not large, and the main job of the residents here is not to go to sea to fish, but to do export transshipment business.

Because it is close to several well-known iron ore mines in northwest Australia, it is also one of the well-known iron ore import and export ports in northwest Australia.

From a distance, the town is surrounded by reddish-brown, and there are no tall buildings in the city, with red roofs and furnished walls, hidden among green flowers and trees, scattered on the uneven hills around the port, which has a sense of leisure and long-distance.

On the original road, from time to time, a few cars drive on the road, and in the field not far away, you can often see kangaroos walking like flying, a typical scene of sparsely populated western Australia.

The car entered the small city, because of the small number of people, the air environment here is also quite good, so although the small town is not big, it takes less than an hour to drive around the city, but Jin Muchen likes it very much.

He and Belinda found a hotel to stay in, and then, under Belinda's introduction, they rented a small boat at the pier and planned to go to sea to have fun.

When he was in New York, he always wondered when he would have the opportunity to go to sea on a yacht, but he never had much time, and this time he finally caught up.

Belinda has a yacht at home, and she has had the experience of going out to sea with her father since she was a child, so this time with her leading, Jin Muchen is not very worried.

In fact, when he was in Sydney and Melbourne, he planned to rent a boat to go to sea to have fun, but the weather there was relatively cold, and after entering the winter, the wind and waves at sea were relatively strong, and it was very dangerous to go to sea, so the plan to go to sea never came to fruition.

Heading north along the coastline, he has been thinking about finding an opportunity to take a yacht, but he didn't expect that this time, he finally realized his wish in the small town of Dampier.

Early the next morning, the two of them, who had rested properly, loaded the fishing boat they had rented yesterday.

This Dampier is a small port, not far from here is the famous large iron ore import and export port Port Hedland in the northwest of Australia.

In the past, when the global economic environment was good, the port of Hedland was not operating enough, and the small port of Dampier could share some dividends from iron ore exports.

But now the global economy is in a state of suspension, especially China no longer needs a large amount of iron ore, so the few iron ore in western Australia, all the transshipment is concentrated back to Port Hedland.

This made many people in Dampier who lived in the port of Kampier have to go back to their old jobs and go to sea to fish.

Because it is adjacent to the Java Sea and close to the tropics, it is also very rich in marine fishery resources, and it is an area where you can go out to sea for fishing all year round.

Therefore, the income of the fishermen here is not bad, if it were not for Belinda, a local snake, to lead the way, if Jin Muchen came by himself at this time, I am afraid it would be difficult to rent a boat.

The two came to the pier early in the morning, got on the half-new fishing boat and went to sea, Belinda has a boat license, so this time she is the captain, and Jin Muchen is mainly responsible for 'watching the sea' and fishing.

Not to mention, Belinda is really experienced, she took Jin Muchen out to sea for a turn, found a few fishing areas, and really let Jin Muchen catch a few fish in the sea fishing brother.

At noon, the two did not return to Hong Kong, so Belinda used Jin Muchen to catch those trash fish and stew a pot of fish soup.

When the fish soup was stewed, it was milky white, and there was a layer of pale yellow oil on it, and Jin Muchen happily took out the 'seasoning bag' that he had prepared a long time ago.

It contained coriander, shallots, and white pepper that he bought from the market......

The white and green sea fish soup is brought to the front, sprinkled with a handful of white pepper, and a bite goes down, like a hot line under the stomach, without the slightest smell of fish, only the mouth can be perceived full of fresh fragrance.

Rao is Jin Muchen boasts that he has eaten all the world's cuisines, and it is the first time he has experienced such a fresh and fragrant taste. (To be continued......)