Map of Juan Fernandez Island

Dampier rescued Alexander Selkirk from Juan Fernandez island around 1708. Selkirk's story inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe. Read a story by one of Selkirk's descendants in Smithsonian Magazine.

Map of South America highlighting Juan Fernandez Island off of the west coast, near Chile

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