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Tell me about the second circumnavigation?
interests.
Dampier was appointed commander of the 26-gun ship St George, with a crew of 120 men.
Where did he set sail from?
from Kinsale, Ireland.
Did he encounter pirates?
CANNOTANSWER.
Where did they go from Kinsale?
The two ships made a storm-tossed passage round Cape Horn, arriving at the Juan Fernandez Islands.
What did they do there?
While watering and provisioning there, they sighted a heavily armed French merchantman.

Question: Did they fight?
Self-contained rewrite: Did William Dampier's crew fight?