1676-1721 Scottish sailor. His solitary life for 52 months on the Juan Fernández Islands 400 miles off Chile is said to have inspired Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719).
Alexander Selkirk, born Alexander Selcraig (1676 – 13 December 1721), was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island.
Not everyone agrees that Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration or the model for Robinson Crusoe. The passages from contemporary accounts about Selkirk will let you decide for ...
Crusoe's island: a ramble in the footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With sketches of adventure in California and Washoe. By J. Ross Browne. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series ...
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