# William Ambrosia Cowley

> English pirate, explorer, and circumnavigator of the world, the first to map the Galapagos Islands in any detail

**Wikidata**: [Q200424](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200424)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Cowley)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-ambrosia-cowley


## References

1. BnF authorities
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. [Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers](https://www.geographicus.com/P/RareMaps/cowley)
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013