ROBINSON CRUSOE
ORIGINS OF THE BOOK
When Defoe started writing Robinson Crusoe, it seems almost sure that he had in mind Captain Woodes Rogers'A Cruising Voyage Round the World.
The book told about the experiences of the sailor Alexander Selkirk who, in 1704, after a quarrel with the captain of the ship on which he worked, asked to be left on the desert island of Juan Fernández. Selkirk remained on the island until 1709, when he was rescued by a ship commanded by a captain named Rogers.
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