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[Chris]

Selkirk was the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, he isn't actually the man that the book is about. Furthermore, Selkirk wasn't shipwrecked, he was marooned. He argued with the captain and was left on an island in 1704. I don't know where that island was though. He was picked up by a portuguese captain in 1709 and he sailed with him for another couple of years. Crusoe, of course, stayed on his island for a lot longer, but that one was imaginary.

[Wendy]

The island is Juan Fernandez 360 miles west of Chile. as Chris above says Selkirk was the inspiration for Defoe's story .Crusoe

[Ino Terpstra]

The island of Selkirk is near the west-coast of South America.<br>It is a part of a group islands, called Juan Fernandez isl.<br><br>Two of these islands on the map are named: Alejandro Selkirk and<br>Robinson Crusoe.

[Unregistered]

I am looking for a country in Africa where William Selkirk who was shipwrecked in the book Robinson Crusoe?