Alexander Selkirk

There are many similarities between the fictional stories of Robinson Crusoe and the Tom Hanks film, Castaway. Man becomes stranded on a deserted island, following a wreck. Man first struggles to survive, before becoming one with his surroundings, and thrives. Man is rescued, and finds himself missing life on the island. But there is one major similarity that is often overlooked, and that is that both of these critically acclaimed, fictional survival stories, are based on the real life Marooning of Alexander Selkirk. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/oddities_europe.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Ports_(1703_ship)#CITEREFFunnell1707 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk#Life_on_the_island http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/dorothy/robcru.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegTcO1vY7M&t=612s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe by John Howell 1837 https://books.google.ca/books?id=bfAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World by Captain Edward Cooke 1712 https://archive.org/details/voyagetosouthsea01cook/page/352/mode/2up?q=selkirk   To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected]    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/Marooned