The Real Robinson Crusoe


	The Real Robinson Crusoe

brazilnut72

8-18-2009 6:58 AM

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brazilnut72 says:

I was looking up information on Robinson Crusoe for my wife, and came across this. Fascinating.

The second picture from the bottom is the cave he stayed in.

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These are the imaginative creations of <A href="http://www.online-literature.com/defoe/" class="newslink">Daniel Defoe</A> in his famous novel <A href="http://books.google.com/books?id=v1GCvrMJPYQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Daniel+Defoe&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1" class="newslink">Robinson Crusoe</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11072">Yet the story is believed to be based on the real-life experience of sailor <A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/oddities_europe.shtml" class="newslink"><SPAN class="newslink"><SPAN class="newslink">Alexander Selkirk</SPAN></SPAN></A>, the real Robinson Crusoe, marooned in 1704 on a small tropical island in the Pacific for more than four years, and now <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029105803.htm" class="newslink">archaeological evidence</A> has been found to support contemporary records of his existence on the island.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11072"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.been-seen.com/img/5B7A1D76-DF4B-4C2C-803F-0BC53890B143" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11072">In 1704, adventurer <A target="_blank" href="http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=912" title="Alexander Selkirk" class="newslink">Alexander Selkirk</A> traveled to the South Seas and, fearing for the safety of his ship, asked its captain to leave him on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernández. 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