Was there a real Robinson Crusoe?

Daniel Defoe based The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719-20) on the real-life story of Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), a Scottish sailor who survived for more than four years on the desert island of Juan Fernandez off the Chilean coast.

He became a celebrity after his rescue and homecoming in 1709.

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