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Captain William Keeling (1578 – 1620) of the East India Company
British East India Company

The East India Company was an early England joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China....
 was a British sea captain. He commanded the Susanna on the second East India Company voyage in 1604, and he commanded the Red Dragon on the third voyage of 1607. He discovered the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Territory of Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a States and territories of Australia of Australia....
 in 1609 as he was going home from Java to England. The islands were later named after him. Keeling was put in command of Cowes Castle c.






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Captain William Keeling (1578 – 1620) of the East India Company
British East India Company

The East India Company was an early England joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China....
 was a British sea captain. He commanded the Susanna on the second East India Company voyage in 1604, and he commanded the Red Dragon on the third voyage of 1607. He discovered the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Territory of Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a States and territories of Australia of Australia....
 in 1609 as he was going home from Java to England. The islands were later named after him. Keeling was put in command of Cowes Castle c. 1618; he died on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....
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A fragment of Keeling's diary survives, in which he details his crew's performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
 and Richard II
Richard II (play)

'King Richard the Second' is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part...
 on shipboard in 1607 and 1608. For a time after its discovery, the fragment was suspected of being a forgery, but is now generally accepted as genuine.

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