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INTHE FOOTSTEPS OFCRUSOE; GO ZONE Daniel Defoe's idyllic island really exists in tropical Tobago.(Features)

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From: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)
Date: 20020421
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Byline: BY ERIC TINGLEY

THE world's first eco-tourist, known to most people as Robinson Crusoe, certainly left his mark on Tobago.

He might have been a fictional character but the paradise he discovered was real enough.

The hero of Daniel Defoe's 18th-century novel was based on the real-life experiences of one Alexander Selkirk.

Selkirk ran away to sea in 1704 and asked to be left on an uninhabited island and rescued five years later. He built a house and lived in harmony with nature - and Tobagonians insist the island in question was theirs.

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