The First Natural Scientist Was A Pirate Obsessed With Coconuts

And he was OBSESSED with coconuts.
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At the shoreline of a West African island, a pirate lies concealed amongst the shrubbery, excitedly watching the waters. Most pirates would have kept an eye out for ships to rob, but William Dampier was observing a flock of flamingos, for the first time in his life. He writes feverishly in his journal, a description that modern ornithologists would fawn over. Then he goes on to describe their excellent taste. Like any pirate would, Dampier shot one of the bird, and had it roasted over a campfire.
This shows the two sides of Dampier. One was a bold adventurer, eager to earn his fortune from stealing Spanish gold. The other was an explorer, the first Englishman to describe guacamole, the effects of marijuana, and the first naturalist to visit all five continents. This is not only the tale of a notorious pirate, but one of the world's most prominent natural scientists and explorers.
Sources:
A New Voyage Around The World - William Dampier
Two Voyages to Campechy - William Dampier
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind - Diana and Michael Preston
A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America - Lionel Wafer
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Early Life
4:24 Buccaneer
7:44 First Circumnavigation
12:31 Natural Scientist
18:06 Privateer Career
22:13 Conclusion
22:59 Outro
#history #pirates #dampier #williamdampier #biographies

[@spirospagiatis4731]

First of all : Happy Easter!!!!! Second : Here's my pirate meme : Woodes Rogers (in Spongebob's role): Good afternoon sir, are u interested in accepting a pardon?😀 Charles Vane (in chocolate guy's role) : Pardon?🤨 Did u say pardon?!😠 Alexander Spotswood (in Patrick's Role) : Yes sir, with or without pirate-hunting missions?😁 Charles Vane : Pardon?!😠 Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 Rogers & Spotswood : 😕😕😕😕 Vane : Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 Pardon!😡 (And so, he hunts them down screaming like a lunatic)

[@kylegreene1356]

Hurhghhhghedurrrhhhhdurrrhhhh! Sofunnneeeee!

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

more like Spiro spergiatis

[@stevea2909]

Merry Christmas!

[@user-wi2ns5tf3y]

Lol

[@suzyqc7607able]

William, Is my x7 Great Grandfather- It's absolutely facinating to see how much we all, ( his Family ) are still vry much like him. Thank you for doing such a fine job at bringing him to life for others. It's a treasure in & of it'self to have as a part of his legacy.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

the lineage must be preserved at all costs

[@aperson1128]

He’s my 9th great grandfather :)

[@kylegreene1356]

​@@aperson1128no.

[@teaCupkk]

Did you even hear the part about your supposed grandfather not having children or much apparent interest in women?

[@aperson1128]

@@teaCupkkhe creator of the video also mentioned that he may have had a son in Virginia 4:00

[@fhrjrj]

I'm surprised there isn't a movie about this guy

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it would be very long

[@trangho5317]

@@GoldandGunpowder this is not bad all

[@monib3605]

@@GoldandGunpowder sequel

[@gunneryhoneybadger111]

@@GoldandGunpowder would make for a good trilogy or miniseries.

[@tiggytheimpaler5483]

They made 97 Ironman movies they can make a slimmed down trilogy of this guys life

[@sunandshadow6593]

Coconut: I am more likely to kill you than a shark. Dampiers: I know this and I love you.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it is said that in the first draft of A New Voyage, Dampier described how to manufacture hi-explosive cannon ammunition from coconuts

[@cheshire4856]

@@GoldandGunpowder Coconut cannonballs, good to know, and quite possibly the most William Dampier thing to come out of this video.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

This is so wholesome 🤗

[@patron8597]

He became a heavy drinker late in his life? Must have discovered the recipe for an early Piña colada at that point.

[@bookofroger]

I’ve been meaning to buy “a pirate of exquisite mind” now I MUST get that book!

[@blackhawkdown342]

Nice to see that he was able to make it back home to England after all of his voyages. I cant imagine what the modern equivalent would be.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

A 12 year long trip to mars

[@visionplant]

This is probably one of my favorite videos so far. Dampier was so cool and relatable

[@natheria4933]

Dude was a real chad. Even when people constantly fucked him over he still did alot of cool shit. What a legend. RIP.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

his hope will never die

[@Skelejake]

One of my ancestors sailed with him, and got abandoned in the Philippines, so he made a settlement there. Dude seems like your average pirate with adhd

[@rafaelsaez5596]

I love how this dude is not just a really informative youtuber with great editing and facts, but also a massive shitposter. Gold & Gunpowder you're based asf dude

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Check out Bugs & Biology 😂

[@herobrinesblog]

I love reading about these early scientists, sailors had the priviledge to see (and taste)exotic plants and animals available no where else. I know a book from Duarte Pacheco Pereira (portuguese navigator from the 1480's-1530s) was one of the first to make books on all the spices of the indies, and described parrots and such

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Privilege is in the eye of the beholder. Spend 69 days at sea like Columbus. Trek the Oregon Trail. Amundsen et al. God forbid the McNugget isn't hot enough.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

These 'privileged' explorers weren't given *shit*. They went out against all adversity and hardship. {Yes there's more names; do your own work people} > We < have the privilege of not having to experience any of that shit but we reaped the benefits.

[@merafirewing6591]

Cool to know that there is such a thing as a Pirate Naturalist.

[@Captain_Cinnamon]

Everything is possible

[@Neptune7133]

I read A voyage Round the World last year, wish you mentioned the part about how he found 16 foot sea lions

[@GoldandGunpowder]

i had to leave out a lot of details

[@swayback7375]

@@GoldandGunpowderis there no reasonable way for you to release less refined and edited videos in addition to the short concise videos you normally post?

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

​@@swayback7375I know very few channels that do but throwaway clips is a BIG genre.

[@gusess5743]

What an absolute legend. When we learnt about this guy here in Australia they left out all the cool bits

[@hi-am-pat2k176]

You know i never really knew what a manila galleon actually look like here in the phillipines they depicted it as a literally galleon class vessel i sometimes think it was outdated if it was a actual galleon class why would they still be using it until the early 19th century in 1812 when the manila-alcapulco trade ended at that point no one would have been ussing galleons

[@ENSIBDumb]

Great storytelling as always.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

thank you!

[@levimark9810]

What a life, wow Hearing these stories make me what to alot Do more with my life here on this amazing planet.

[@nikevisor54]

Been stoked for this one since I saw the premier! RIP to the flamingo but man's gotta research.

[@jamesfrost7465]

Hoy, good job mate. He sure saw and did a lot in his life.

[@leslielutz1874]

Stunning portrait. So grateful for them.

[@Aaliyashi]

That Fischer guy is the sad reality of why you can't leave enemies alive. Anyway, a very nice and interesting video 😊

[@ged1798]

Absolute banger bro

[@JB-ef7ks]

Great video mate!

[@erickdupont4503]

Lol 😂I love your sense of humor! Flamingos on the barby!

[@davidsabarretorodrigues2252]

I truly admire William Dampier because he was an excellent navigator, a zoologist, a botanist, a writer and explorer. Dampier spent 1 month on my hometown (Salvador/ Brazil) and was the first english navigator to land on the western side of Australia. I have 2 books about him.

[@sneakysimian]

Fisher sounds like he was quite a troll to Dampier!

[@Electriceye1984bySam]

Interesting man, thank you for this informative and fun vid!👏🏻👍🏻

[@boden_gamerboy6139]

in a nutshell he was high honor and doing all sidequests

[@davidcunningham2074]

another great story. i love this channel.

[@pmfk_]

Great video. Very interesting.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Criminally underrated channel

[@zeehero7280]

Yarr me maytees, I have me a lovely bunch of coconuts, and only science can tell us how much booty these coconuts are worth!

[@nunyabiznes33]

Reject poon, embrace nature.

[@vrboi0744]

Please tell me I’m not tripping but 8:00, I’m not the only that hears it

[@dominicpickett5262]

Thanks for that, now I just want to learn more about this amazing man 😎

[@rickyricardo3551]

A 100% true fun fact an unladen swallow(of the African variety not European) can transport a coconut.

[@swayback7375]

I’m going to need a source to find that believable. Even powerful fliers like eagles and raptors can rarely carry 10% of their body weight, and birds are shockingly lightweight. I have a feeling that my sources will confirm my belief and not your claim, so providing your source would be great. Cheers

[@swayback7375]

Ah, shitposting Monty python. Forgive my ignorance, I never could enjoy them much, too goofy I guess…

[@jerbear7952]

​@@swayback7375its because you are too serious.

[@swayback7375]

@@jerbear7952 could be… You’d think that I’d be just the right amount of inbred for it to work but it just doesn’t. That’s America for ya!

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Your cadence is that of a horrible vampire. © 2024 k.o.f.

[@LITSOUL1]

We dig your vidoes. Pirates Life!

[@mrpxlmz8311]

He is my great uncle not lying

[@jerbear7952]

Great,great,great....

[@glenn6583]

Not the first natural scientist by any true meaning. You guys are full of it!

[@tadasdovii8262]

This spectacular pirate deserves tv show

[@m.streicher8286]

24 knots in the 1700s, badass

[@jeffreyryan8401]

Good stuff

[@deepbludude4697]

I lived on Ascension island where WD had been stranded when the Roebuck sunk just off SW bay. He and his crew spent quite some time there, had to find water on green mountain where they found just a drip. Rumor is he buried some of his ill gotten goods there. He musta been bummed cuz no natives, no coconuts, no flamingos, no avocados, no water, little food other then fish, turtles and mayhap some goats.

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

Dudes out here getting blazed and eating flamingos.

[@vercing1324]

Hello! I live in Brazil, and here, most of us drink Toddy, or Toddynho in the morning! Its a kind of chocolate milk. I cant belive this simple chocolate milk has some sort of connection with an pirate! Thats Amazing!

[@Bluetater43]

Is it just me or are you using the Takarajima OST in some parts of the video? I literally freaked out when the music at 0:29 started to play. I'm a fan of the 1978 Treasure Island anime adaptation, so sorry if I suddenly came off as a weird geek. I'm just glad when the said ost is played in the background while watching a video about Dampier. And also felt the need to type this long comment ahah- (Might try the 1988 Kievnauchfilm one and the Dampier manga but idk if I have some time to spare. 😅) Forgot to mention that you earned a new sub and your video deserves more views.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Hi, yeah it's music from the 78 series, It's my second favorite Treasure Island adaptation. The music is good so I use it in a few videos. Thank you for the comment

[@swayback7375]

Lol he said sorry if he’s being a nerd… like where do you think you are bro

[@piraticvs]

18:00 yo WAT!! 🤣🤣

[@phillandon4127]

The original Dos XX's most interesting man alive.

[@SPDinMS3]

I love hearing stories about my many greats grandfather.

[@peez1476]

Holy shit William Dampier was a pothead

[@GrudgeyCable]

Anyway you could make a video on Captain William Kidd and his ship the Adventure galley? I know he wasn’t a pirate but he gets the blame for being one wrongly and his story is incredibly interesting. It would be awesome if so. Great content as usual!

[@GoldandGunpowder]

eventually

[@GrudgeyCable]

@@GoldandGunpowder awesome! Look forward to it.

[@maxjohn6012]

A fascinating video, I really enjoyed it. The music, though, was absolutely all over the place, starting and stopping for no apparent reason and completely without any stylistic unity - it distracts from an otherwise excellent video.

[@The_ZeroLine]

Sounds like me, fascinated with all subjects, but with a love of action and adventure. Oddly, I am also mostly a loner despite having lots of friends who always chide me being never coming by or answering my phone. I am also an animal lover. He’d have been a good travel companion for me. He’d keep to himself, but once in a while we could chat.

[@skeeverskeeyo7331]

Channel of True Gentlemen.

[@tonywade7473]

" you sir are gaaaay!" " how daaaare you!"

[@yungcaco1443]

What a legend 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@celladoor_uk]

Coconut go brrrrr.

[@tonykennedy8483]

What an interesting life, wonder if anyone at that time had circumnavigated the earth as much as he had?

[@jimihayes150]

So hes like a pirate age judge Holden , a scholar and a psychopath

[@user-em7yk8tm6e]

I LOVE MY FAMILY IN A RESPCET FUL WAY.

[@justinheads5751]

can you list the songs you used in this video for me? there's a couple I'd like to hear fully.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

*What is that music at **8:42**?* *What is the music that also comes after?*

[@3-DtimeCosmology]

Cool 😎

[@spirospagiatis4731]

What is your opinion about the underrated buccaneer Bartolomeu Portugues ?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

hes ok

[@user-wi2ns5tf3y]

He smart

[@helarki4309]

"And then they shot the flamingo and ate it."

[@Renwoxing13]

I didn’t realize you were a Loc’d out gangster set tripping banger. ( or living in an Amish paradise maybe instead l9l )

[@GoldandGunpowder]

IIRC i used a royalty-free version to avoid the 3 different copyright i strikes i got when uploading the video

[@jerbear7952]

Nah man. I'M the pious guy the lil omlets wanna be like. On my knees day and night saying prayers for the afterlife.

[@projectnemesi5950]

I'm a scientist and I would eat a flamingo

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

based scientist

[@eddycoronado8381]

😊👍

[@sarahmcdonald1443]

Im related to this man😮

[@CatholicK5357]

As interesting as this story is, it is unfair to refer to him as the first natural scientist. The natural sciences has a rich history in the high middle ages of Europe and even existed before that.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

clickbait title because 21st century audience

[@invschematics]

​@@GoldandGunpowder what a shame

[@PsychicIsaacs]

What a guy, huh?

[@hi-am-pat2k176]

7:58 what if he was the one who made the coconut song

[@hi-am-pat2k176]

Make a story on ferdinand magellan or some least popular pirates

[@GoldandGunpowder]

magellan wasnt a pirate and he wasnt active between 1630-1730

[@jerbear7952]

How about a please in there? He isn't a monkey to dance for you.

[@trex1448]

A snake sharmer he was.

[@merlinlearned6796]

When you say John Cook are you using a nickname for James cook?

[@TOBAPNW_]

considering he refers to John Cook as a pirate in the Americas during the 17th century, certainly not.

[@autonomous_collective]

👍

[@nameynamename3758]

It's like the real life MCU 🤓 !!

[@GoldandGunpowder]

no idea who/what that is tbh

[@nameynamename3758]

@@GoldandGunpowder oh im just fuckin around but it is funny how interconnected this all is mcu like the marvel movies and shit

[@jerbear7952]

How is this like the MCU?

[@gassedupgrown2413]

All FIVE continents ❓

[@TOBAPNW_]

The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Where you were raised and taught about the continents will determine how you view them; there's no strict international standard. Americans (as in, the USA) distinguish between the north and the south, but it's not universal. In Russia, they refer to Europe and Asia as a single continent, called Eurasia.

[@middleagedwhitebloke]

👍🏻

[@viniciusvyller9458]

19:57 sea turtles, mate

[@user-em7yk8tm6e]

I love my family.

[@leericaltheonly]

Shout out Coolio

[@jdon6484]

This guy is LITERALLY me

[@jerbear7952]

You literally misused that word.

[@jdon6484]

@@jerbear7952 did you time travel from 2012

[@nunyabiznes33]

Any idea where he got the guy he exhibited? The Catholic Filipinos and the Muslims in Mindanao don't practice tattooing. Maybe he's from the remaining animist pockets in Mindanao or Borneo?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

He was born a slave in the city of Mindanao according to Dampier

[@spirospagiatis4731]

Can you make a video about Christopher Condent ?

[@mageillus]

It’s Edward Condent actually

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

@@mageillus I think Edward or Edmund or even William but even old sources always mix names so all of these can be correct...

[@mageillus]

@@unknowntrooper_2791 on the podcast with Baylus Brooks here on the channel, he asserts that his name is Edward/Edmund Condent based on historical evidence, and has no idea how “Christopher” came to be but they are all wrong.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

eventually

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Also Henry Avery John Taylor etc. Indian Ocean dudes. But I like that you focus now on buccaneer explorers first

[@setituptoblowitup]

🥥🌴🥥🌴🥥🌴🥥✌️

[@paulsteele8614]

Just helping out with the algorithm

[@benmayne6159]

Every time you said Aboriginals i pissed myself laughing!! ex the first time, when i was wtf are you talking about?? aborgines?? ohh he’s means Aboriginals 😂

[@ithinkurf]

Could have been much worse. He could have shortened the word for simplicity lol

[@albertoftasmania]

Could have meant 'Aborigines,' which is our shortened form for the word 'Aboriginals.'

[@iapetusmccool]

It sound like he's mixing it up with "indigene", which is another term for an indigenous person.

[@liammeharry]

Wtf is an abourgine? It's ab-oh-ridge-in-ee

[@jerbear7952]

How many languages do you speak?

[@fourshore502]

true sigma male

[@jerbear7952]

That sh1t is made up to chump basic bros out of their money by selling courses.

[@chrissnyder8415]

He wasn't the first. You are off by several centuries.

[@mactrauma5323]

A pirate being a scientist reminds me to this kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYGlcpeGqLtrgNk

[@4rmDEC2FRE]

very informative. These pirates in essence created racism/prejudice with their personal accounts of indigenous ppl.

[@sweaspurdoddd5466]

Very based pirates

[@jerbear7952]

Racism and tribal bias has always been around.

[@wildeyedwilly]

TURN THE MUSIC DOWN

[@jerbear7952]

MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEOS AND DO WHAT YOU WANT. CAPPPPPSSSSS LOCCCCKKKKKK

[@avilandafear6502]

I love your videos bro but you have to take this dumbass elevator music out of it. Why would you think that this music is suitable? It's not even period music. It's elevator music. From the 70s.

[@jimihayes150]

So hes like a pirate age judge Holden , a scholar and a psychopath

[@mrpxlmz8311]

He is my great uncle not lying