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Robinson Crusoe is one of the world's most popular adventure novels.Daniel Defoe based his claic tale of shipwreck and survival on an uninhabited island, which is based on a true story.The real Robinson Crusoe was a Scotsman named Alexander Selkirk Born in 1676, when Selkirk was 19 years old he was cited for indecent conduct in church.Then he ran off to sea.That was in 1695.By 1703 he was the sailing master of a galley.The following year he joined a pirate expedition to the Pacific Ocean that was led by Capt.William Dampier.Selkirk's ship had Thomas Straddling as its captain.After spending some time in the Pacific, they were preparing to return to England with their booty.Their ship had suffered considerable damage in battle and Selkirk felt they needed to repair her before setting off around the Horn.The captain disagreed.After an argument, Selkirk refused to go any farther and demanded he be set ashore on the Island of Juan Fernandez, which was about 400 miles off the coast of Chile.The captain was glad
to do this.Once ashore, Selkirk realized the enormity of what he had done.The captain refused and Selkirk found he was left himself alone on an uninhabited island.Actually this was the smart thing to do since the ship later sank killing most of those aboard, but at the time he didn't know this.After about two years on the island he finally saw a ship and ran down to the shore to look it.He realized almost too late that it was a Spanish ship and the Spaniards opened fire on him.They were unable to find him and eventually left.He was much more cautious after that.Selkirk was able to feed some goats and cats he found on the island and these were his only companions through out his stay of almost four and a half years.He was finally found in February 1709 by William Dampier, who was then pilot on a privateering expedition headed by Captain Woods Rogers.Selkirk was very well-off when they returned to London in 1711, as his share of the booty came
to￡800—much money in those days.Selkirk eventually returned to his home in Scotland, where he became a hero.Though he did get married, he never quite recovered from his stay on the island.
