Dampier made several voyages in merchantmen; then he shipped as able seaman on the Royal Prince, Captain Sir Edward Spragge, and served under him till the death of that commander at the end of the Dutch war in 1673. Soon after he made a voyage to the West Indies; then began an adventurous life-ashore cutting logwood in the Bay of campeachy when not fighting; afloat a buccaneer-of which he has given us details in his Voyage round the Terrestrial Globe.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
This place was called Kimpech, and at this day it is known by the name of campeachy.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
With forty men and five horses left, Davila struggled back to the coast, and, two years after their unfortunate separation, he joined the adelantado in campeachy.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens