Selkirk's ship, the Cinque Ports, found herself in the Juan Fernandez islands, in great need of repair. By a stroke of bad luck, the ships were separated. As they reached the area of the Juan Fernandez islands, the ships could not agree on a course of action.
Failing this, the buccaneers would try their fortune off the shore of Peru. The purpose was to harry the Spanish and Portuguese shipping off the estuary.
Alexander was the first mate on one of them.
Three years later, Will was picked up alive and well by an expedition that contained William Dampier, a keen observer who was good enough to recount that journey and a subsequent one in 1703, which Selkirk attended.ĭampier was sailing in command of a privateerting expedition that consisted of two ships. The pilot of Will's ship claimed that another man had lived there for five years before being rescued some years before. A Mosquito (Guyanese) Indian, Will, was abandoned there in 1681 when a group of buccaneers fled at the approach of unknown ships. Selkirk was not the first person to be stranded here-at least two other incidents of solitary survival are recorded. In these days the island was known as the island of Juan Fernandez. Although it is possible, even likely that Defoe met Selkirk before he wrote his book, he used only this one incident in the real sailor's turbulent history. (London) – publisher.Įllerton and Henderson, Printers (London) – printer.The adventures of Crusoe on his island, the main part of Defoe's novel, are based largely on the central incident in the life of an undisciplined Scotsman, Alexander Selkirk. Thomas Uwins (British, 1782 – 1857) – artist.Ĭharles Warren (British, 1762 – 1823) – engraver. Pagination:, iv-vi 2-638 total 656 pages, ill.ĭaniel Defoe (British, 1660 – 1731) – author. ||Ĭollation: A 6 (A 1 torn out, A 2 blank), B-Z 12, 2A-2D 12, 2E 10 (2E 8-10 blank) total 328 leaves plus two plates (engraved frontispiece and engraved title). Title-page: THE | LIFE & ADVENTURES | OF | ROBINSON CRUSOE | WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Uwins, inscribed below: ROBINSON CRUSOE | surrounded by his domestics || under the frame: T. ||įrontispiece: seated portrait of Robinson Crusoe in his bungalow with a dog and a cat by C. Note: Ash & Mason bookstore and printing house in Philadelphia, PA.Įngraved title-page: THE | LIFE & ADVENTURES | OF | Robinson Crusoe | Written | BY HIMSELF. ink ms inscription to ffep: Presented to | T. TOWNSEND”, flat spine, adorned in gilt, black label with gilt lettering, red endpapers, bookstore ticket to front pastedown: SOLD BY | ASH & MASON, | 139 Chesnut st. Description: 12mo, full calf, 12.9 x 7.4 cm, boards chain-bordered in gilt, front board gilt-lettered with the name of the owner “T.
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