1676-1721

Presents the life of Alexander Selkirk, based on journals, maritime histories, and ship and parish records, whose life was the basis for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

Tim Severin chronicles the experiences he had while traveling to the sites of a variety of real-life survival stories and searches for the most likely models for the character of Robinson Crusoe.

A biography of the man whose experiences as a castaway on a desert island in the Pacific inspired Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

Chronicles the experiences of eighteenth-century Scotsman, Alexander Selkirk, the man who inspired the character Robinsone Crusoe.

Presents the story of Scottish mariner Alexander Selkirk and his experiences marooned on a South Pacific island for four years.