On 2nd February 1709 a ship pi9cked up a British sailor from the Chilean isalnd of Juan Fernandez whre he had been marooned for 5 years.
It was ALEXANDER SELKIRK who had asked to be left off his ship after a quarrel with his Captain. During this time in the island he had built 2 huts, made clothes from goat skins and tamed cats.
Daniel DeFoe was fascinated by Selkirk's tale and had already experienced his own adventures: once pirates held him captive.
Combining Selkirk's story with his own he wrote the first narrative novel Robinson Crusoe.
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