a town in the island of Cyprus, with a fort built near the site of the ancient Paphos, of which some ruins yet remain, particularly fragments of columns, which probably belonged to a temple of Venus. Long. 32° 20' E. Lat. 34° 50' N. See PAPHOS.

William, an able and enterprising English seaman, born in 1584. His descriptions of part of the bay which bears his name have been found remarkably accurate by later navigators. His voyages to those regions were performed in 1612, 1613, 1614, and 1616, while he was only a subordinate; but he gave the accounts of the discoveries. In 1618 he was mate in a voyage to Surat and Mocha; but in 1621 he was killed, while attempting, in conjunction with a Persian force, to expel the Portuguese from Ormuz.

—(Purchas's Pilgrimage)