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The Real Robinson Crusoe, and Other Fascinating Historic Survival Accounts
The survival of Alexander Selkirk for years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the eighteenth century was one of the era’s most gripping real life adventures. It attracted significant attention, and became a key inspiration behind the fictional Robinson Crusoe. Below are some fascinating facts about that and other skin-of-the-teeth survival stories from ...