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Map of Juan Fernandez Island

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

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.

Tags: Maps Naturalist Maritime history
July 2010
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