William Ambrosia Cowley, also known as Ambrose Cowley and Captain Cowley, was a 17th-century English buccaneer who surveyed the Galápagos Islands during...
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off the Patagonian coast by the corsair Ambrose Cowley in 1683. Byron reached the co-ordinates given by Cowley in January 1765, but there was no sign of...
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chemistry Sir Alfred Cowley (1848–1926), Australian politician A.E. Cowley (1849–1916), missionary in Sindh, then in western India Ambrose Cowley, 17th century...
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circumnavigation including significant travel overland. William Dampier and Ambrose Cowley (English); 1679–1691 and 1683–1686; westward from England, travelling...
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Albemarl's Island or Albemarle Island was bestowed by English buccaneer Ambrose Cowley in 1684 in honor of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle. Isabela...
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navigation chart showing the individual islands was drawn up by the pirate Ambrose Cowley in 1684. He named them after fellow pirates or English noblemen. More...
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sign of the island could be find in 1873. Pepys Island 1683 In 1683, Ambrose Cowley reported an unknown island where he thought the Falklands were, but...
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Virginia in 1683 with a crew of 70 (with Davis, Dampier, Wafer, and now Ambrose Cowley as well), Cook sailed to the Guinea coast off western Africa. With more...
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navigation chart showing the individual islands was drawn up by the pirate Ambrose Cowley in 1684. He named them after fellow pirates or English noblemen. More...
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credited with the first boxing match in England. English buccaneer Ambrose Cowley named the Duke of Albemarle's Island after him, the island in the Galapagos...
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