The crazy survival story of Alexander Selkirk, the original castaway, and the real Robinson Crusoe. Alexander Selkirk was born in Lower Largo, in the East Neuk of Fife, but ran off to sea and became a privateer. He was marooned on an island for four years and four months, at his own request, and finally rescued in 1709. His story is one of grit, survival and sheer bloody mindedness, and a real-life inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, arguably the first novel in the English language.
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It’s a fascinating story of a castaway, left to survive alone on a deserted island with just a few supplies and plenty of resourcefulness. Not Robinson Crusoe, but the real man who inspired the novel – Alexander Selkirk from Lower Largo #Fife Discover the full story at https://www.welcometofife.com/inspire-me-post/alexander-selkirk---the-real-robinson-crusoe #loveFife #TalesofScotland #YS2022 | Welcome to Fife
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The Real Robinson Crusoe Most people know the story of Robinson Crusoe, but the real man, Alexander Selkirk from Fife, was much more of a "mad lad." In 1704, after a massive argument with his Captain about the ship being worm-eaten and unseaworthy, Selkirk demanded to be left on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile. He thought his crew would follow him in mutiny... they didn't. They sailed away, laughing, leaving him with a musket, some gunpowder, a knife, and a Bible. But here’s the twi
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This is the story of the real-life Robinson Crusoe, from the wee seaside village of Lower Largo in Fife. A local sailor once castaway to survive alone on a desert island with nothing but his wits and a few supplies. Always a disruptive child, Alexander Selkirk ran away to sea after finding himself in one violent altercation too many. Then, in 1704, while serving on the privateer ship Cinque Ports around South America, this Fifer’s lack of respect for authority got him in more trouble than he’d b
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