SocraticGadfly: New info on the real Robinson Crusoe

October 31, 2008

New info on the real Robinson Crusoe

Although they apparently never met in person, Daniel Defoe clearly patterned his novel after the real-life story of Alexander Selkirk, marooned in 1704 on the is­land of Aguas Bue­nas, since re­named Rob­in­son Cru­soe Is­land, for more than four years.

Read the full story for more on recent archaelogical finds on the island.

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