Who was the real-life sailor on whom Robinson Crusoe is allegedly based?
"Robinson Crusoe Island Robinson Crusoe Island ( ), formerly known as Más a Tierra (Closer to Land), is the second largest of the Juan Fernández Islands, situated west of San Antonio, Chile, in the South Pacific Ocean. It is the more populous of the inhabited islands in the archipelago (the other being Alejandro Selkirk Island), with most of that in the town of San Juan Bautista at Cumberland Bay on the island's north coast. The island was home to the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk from 1704 to 1709, and is thought to have inspired novelist Daniel Defoe's fictional Robinson Crusoe"
"Robinson Crusoe The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates, commonly known as Robinson Crusoe, () is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers"
"possible to prove it is, in fact, Drakenberg. Danish author Morten Leth Jacobsen has written a historical novel about Drakenberg's life. Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg (18 November 1626 (?) – 9 October 1772) was a Norwegian sailor who, according to his information, was born in 1626 in Blomsholm, Norway and thus reached the age of 145. The claims have since proven less than credible but at the time it was widely accepted and contributed to his considerable fame. Drakenberg led a colorful life as a sailor; he traveled much in Europe and Asia. was held captive by pirates"
"original drawings painted in Palestine. The character of Duckworth in the TV show ""Duck Tales"" was named after him. Robinson Duckworth The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911), was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name. He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of Liverpool"
"stopped to resupply at the uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands, and Selkirk judged correctly that the craft was unseaworthy and asked to be left there. By the time he was eventually rescued by English privateer Woodes Rogers, in company with Dampier, Selkirk had become adept at hunting and making use of the resources that he found on the island. His story of survival was widely publicised after his return to England, becoming a source of inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe's fictional character Robinson Crusoe. Alexander Selkirk was the son of a shoemaker and tanner in Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland, born in"
"Crusoe (TV series) Crusoe is a television adventure-Drama (with comedic elements) series, based loosely on the novel ""Robinson Crusoe"" by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English. Other characters include James Crusoe (Sean Bean), Samuel Tuffley (Mark Dexter), Nathan West (Kieran Bew), Mary Crusoe (Emma Barnett),"
"for Deschanel's conception. The Robinson Crusoe story has been reimagined so that it's not a wilderness test of survival - it's a stripped down search for values."" Crusoe (film) Crusoe is a 1988 British drama film directed by Caleb Deschanel. It is a variation on the story told in the novel ""Robinson Crusoe"", written by author Daniel Defoe. The film stars Aidan Quinn as Crusoe. Tidewater, Virginia 1808. The story begins at sea with the main protagonist, Crusoe (Aidan Quinn), en route to Africa to retrieve slaves. His ship runs into a powerful storm, and the entire crew perishes except"
"Friday (Robinson Crusoe) Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". Robinson Crusoe names the man Friday, with whom he cannot at first communicate, because they first meet on that day. The character is the source of the expression ""Man Friday"", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal. Current usage also includes ""Girl Friday"". It is possible that a Misquito pirate by the name of Will became the inspiration for the character ""Friday"". Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on an island off the coast"
"Robinson Duckworth The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911), was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name. He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of Liverpool and his wife Elizabeth. He was educated at the Royal Institution School in Liverpool, and later at University College,"
"Robinson Crusoe (1997 film) Robinson Crusoe is a 1997 American adventure survival drama film directed by Rod Hardy and George T. Miller, and starring Pierce Brosnan in the titular role of Robinson Crusoe, based on Daniel Defoe's novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". The film opens to a fictionalized Daniel Defoe being offered to read a castaway's autobiography. He grudgingly obliges and begins to get engrossed in the narrative. Robinson Crusoe (Pierce Brosnan) is a Scottish gentleman with experience in the Royal Navy and the British army. He accidentally kills his lifelong friend Patrick (Damian Lewis) in a duel over his childhood love"
"Robinson Crusoe (1902 film) Robinson Crusoe () is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès, based on Daniel Defoe's book of the same name. Robinson Crusoe, a sailor, is shipwrecked on an island. He gathers what provisions he can from the wreck, including a dog and a cat, who are the only other survivors of the catastrophe. After signaling a passing ship to no avail, Crusoe builds a hut. Elsewhere on the island, at the base of a cliff, cannibal natives have taken prisoners, and have eaten all but one of them. They are about to kill the"
"with most of its crew being lost. Being a voluntary castaway, Selkirk was able to gather numerous provisions to help him to survive, including a musket, gunpowder, carpenter's tools, a knife, a Bible, and clothing. He survived on the island for four years and four months, building huts and hunting the plentiful wildlife before his rescue on 2 February 1709. His adventures are said to be a possible inspiration for ""Robinson Crusoe"", a novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. Philip Ashton, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1702, was captured by pirates while fishing near the coast of Nova Scotia"
"Robinson Crusoe Island (novel) Robinson Crusoe Island () is a historical adventure novel for young people by Polish author Arkady Fiedler. It was first published in 1954. The story takes place on Coche Island, 1725-1726. The protagonist Jan (John) Bober, a half-Polish half-English Virginia pioneer, flees from government pursuit in a pirate ship. However, it runs into heavy water and wrecks near the island. Jan and his two Arawak companions Arnak and Wagura (former slaves from the ship), the only survivors of the shipwreck, live on the island for over a year. Later they accept onto the island a group"
"Woodes Rogers Woodes Rogers (c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain and privateer and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's ""Robinson Crusoe"". Rogers came from an affluent seafaring family, grew up in Poole and Bristol, and served a marine apprenticeship to a Bristol sea captain. His father held shares in many ships, but he died when Rogers was in his mid-twenties, leaving Rogers in control of the family shipping business."
"Robinson Crusoe (1954 film) Robinson Crusoe (; also known as Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) is a 1954 Mexican film by director Luis Buñuel, based on the novel ""Robinson Crusoe"" by Daniel Defoe. Both English and Spanish versions were produced. Dan O'Herlihy was nominated for the 1955 Academy Award for Best Actor. Robinson Crusoe (Dan O'Herlihy), a third son with few prospects, goes to sea against his father's wishes. On a voyage from Brazil to Africa to collect slaves, a storm forces him to abandon ship. He swims alone to a deserted island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on September 30,"
"in 1709 by Woodes Rogers during an English expedition that led to the publication of Selkirk's adventures in both ""A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World"" and ""A Cruising Voyage Around the World"" in 1712. According to Tim Severin, ""Daniel Defoe, a secretive man, neither confirmed or denied that Selkirk was the model for the hero of his book. Apparently written in six months or less, ""Robinson Crusoe"" was a publishing phenomenon. The author of ""Crusoe's Island,"" Andrew Lambert states, ""the ideas that a single, real Crusoe is a 'false premise' because Crusoe's story is a complex"
"Allan Gordon Allan Gordon is the fictional protagonist of James Hogg's novella ""The Surpassing Adventures of Allan Gordon"". According to the narrative, Allan Gordon was the sole survivor of the ""Anne Forbes"", a whaling ship that disappeared without a trace in 1757. According to a modern editor of Hogg's work, the character of Allan Gordon was inspired by Robinson Crusoe and Hogg's interest, at the time, in polar exploration. Sarah Moss also identifies Mungo Park's ""Travels in the Interior of Africa"", accounts of the Ross and Parry expeditions, William Scoresby's ""Account of the Arctic Regions"" and ""The Rime of the"
"of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean. Selkirk, a sailor with the Dampier expedition, was worried about the unseaworthy condition of his ship, the ""Cinque Ports"", and had argued with the captain until he left him ashore on the island where they had briefly stopped for water and food supplies. The ""Cinque Ports"" later sank with the loss of most of her crew. Selkirk was not rescued until four years later, by Woodes Rogers. Selkirk's travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". Today, one of the islands on the Chilean coast is named Alejandro Selkirk Island and another"
"a Scottish sailor left on the island in 1705 because he considered the ship he was aboard, the ""Cinque Ports"", as not being seaworthy. The ""Cinque Ports"" was part of an expedition led by Dampier, which stopped for supplies at the archipelago. Selkirk's beliefs proved to be well founded; the ship sank one month later with few survivors. His four-year stay on the island and eventual rescue were the inspiration for the novel ""Robinson Crusoe"" written by Daniel Defoe, a friend of Woodes Rogers. In April 1709 Dover led a landing party with entirely different intentions. The two ships encountered"
"sailed into Hamburg (18 September), and Hague. He arrived at London on 10 January 1705, having been gone from England ten years and nine months. The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as """"The Further adventures of Robinson Crusoe"""") is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Just as in its significantly more popular predecessor, ""Robinson Crusoe"" (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: ""The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second"
"a new score by Maud Nelissen and with an English translation of Méliès's original narration read live by Paul McGann, premiered on 35mm film at the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone in 2012. Robinson Crusoe (1902 film) Robinson Crusoe () is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès, based on Daniel Defoe's book of the same name. Robinson Crusoe, a sailor, is shipwrecked on an island. He gathers what provisions he can from the wreck, including a dog and a cat, who are the only other survivors of the catastrophe. After signaling a passing ship to no"
"Cinque Ports (1703 ship) Cinque Ports was an English ship whose sailing master was Alexander Selkirk, generally accepted as a model for the fictional Robinson Crusoe. The ship was part of a 1703 expedition commanded by William Dampier, who captained an accompanying ship, the 26-gun ""St George"" with a complement of 120 men. When the War of the Spanish Succession broke out in 1701, English privateers were recruited to act against French and Spanish interests. Despite a court-martial for cruelty to one of his crew in an earlier voyage, Dampier was granted command of the two-ship expedition which departed England"
"Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (; c. 1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ""Robinson Crusoe"", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts and often was in trouble with the authorities, including a spell in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to"
"VTC7-Today TV from April 26 to June 7, 2009. Hulu offered all 13 episodes from Season 1 until September 19, 2010. Crusoe (TV series) Crusoe is a television adventure-Drama (with comedic elements) series, based loosely on the novel ""Robinson Crusoe"" by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and"
"and was abandoned for more than four years on a deserted island. That case, and perhaps another similar one carried out by a certain Pedro Serrano, were sources for English writer Daniel Defoes' novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". Selkirk, a rebellious and egotistical pirate, is the pilot of the ""Esperanza"", an English galleon that sails the southern seas looking for treasure. Through gambling he earns the present and future savings of his companions, winning the enmity of the crew and Captain Bullock, who decides to leave him on a desert island. The critic Diego Batle said that to the rhythm of a"
"A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World is a 1712 book by Edward Cooke, about a real-life trip around the world in two ships, under the command of Woodes Rogers. It is notable for including a firsthand account of castaway Alexander Selkirk, whose tale appears to have helped inspire Daniel Defoe to write ""Robinson Crusoe"" a few years later. In 1708, two ships set sail from Bristol under command of Woodes Rogers. These were the ""Duke of Bristol"" and ""Dutchess of Bristol"". These ships circled the world,"
"Will (Indian) Will (probably born in the 1650s or 1660s) was a Misquito pirate from the Misquito Coast, then part of the Spanish Main. He was left behind on the uninhabited Robinson Crusoe Island (today part of Insular Chile), surviving there alone for more than three years. It is possible that Will became the inspiration for Man Friday, the cannibal character in Daniel Defoe's novel ""Robinson Crusoe"". As with other Miskitos, Will resisted the Spanish encroachment on their lands, and consequently allied themselves with English pirates operating in the region. In 1680, he and several other Misquitos went on board"
"The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as """"The Further adventures of Robinson Crusoe"""") is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Just as in its significantly more popular predecessor, ""Robinson Crusoe"" (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: ""The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe."" Although intended to be"
"W. A. B. Goodall William Arthur Bates Goodall (1880–1941) was a British soldier and engineer who achieved a period of popular renown as a voluntary castaway on the island of Pulau Serimbun in the Johore Straits west of Singapore during the 1930s. The island, only two acres in area, had been uninhabited for many years and was considered to be haunted. Goodall came to be regarded as a local Robinson Crusoe in Singapore, however when his story spread through the international press he became known as 'the ruler of the world's tiniest kingdom'. William Arthur Bates Goodall was born in"
"to illustrate the theory of production and choice in the absence of trade, money and prices. Crusoe must allocate effort between production and leisure and must choose between alternative production possibilities to meet his needs. The arrival of Friday is then used to illustrate the possibility of trade and the gains that result. Tim Severin's book ""Seeking Robinson Crusoe"" (2002) unravels a much wider range of potential sources of inspiration. Severin concludes his investigations by stating that the real Robinson Crusoe figure was Henry Pitman, a castaway who had been surgeon to the Duke of Monmouth. Pitman's short book about"
"his memory in 1870. Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names. Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (; c. 1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ""Robinson Crusoe"", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts and often was in trouble"
"though it was later found to have a great many errors. Its first volume is generally considered more accurate and historical; the second volume presents accounts of known and well-documented pirates such as Samuel Bellamy and Nathaniel North, but includes the fictional captains William Lewis, John Cornelius, and Captain Misson. Later authors such as Grey, Gosse, and Ellms repeated the fictional accounts nearly verbatim. There was a real pirate named William Lewis, but he was never a Captain; active 20 years after Johnson’s “William Lewis,” the real William Lewis was hung with the surviving members of John Auger’s crew when"
"sea again, having enlisted in the Royal Navy. While on a visit to Plymouth in 1720, he married a widowed innkeeper named Frances Candis. He was serving as master's mate on board , engaged in an anti-piracy patrol off the west coast of Africa, when he died on 13 December 1721, succumbing to the yellow fever that plagued the voyage. He was buried at sea. When Daniel Defoe published ""The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe"" (1719), few readers could have missed the resemblance to Selkirk. An illustration on the first page of the novel shows ""a rather melancholy-looking"