Mertcan Bulak: "Robinson Crusoe": Robinson Crusoe The wild man turned out to be Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who had been marooned on these desolate sea isles four years earlier. The expedition’s pilot, Dampier, recognized Selkirk as an old shipmate, and Rogers made the former castaway an officer of the Duke . Selkirk’s adventures while stranded on Juan Fernandez later served as the inspiration for Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Selkirk was advised, upon his return to England, to consult Daniel Defoe in order to arrange for publication of his story. This Selkirk did, turning over to Defoe written notes of his years as a castaway. But instead of writing a book about Selkirk, Defoe converted Selkirk’s rough material into the fictional Robinson Crusoe , published in 1720 and a great success. Selkirk was thus deprived of the remuneration he might have realized if his story had been published as his memoirs.

The wild man turned out to be Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who had been marooned on these desolate sea isles four years earlier. The expedition’s pilot, Dampier, recognized Selkirk as an old shipmate, and Rogers made the former castaway an officer of the Duke . Selkirk’s adventures while stranded on Juan Fernandez later served as the inspiration for Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Selkirk was advised, upon his return to England, to consult Daniel Defoe in order to arrange for publication of his story. This Selkirk did, turning over to Defoe written notes of his years as a castaway. But instead of writing a book about Selkirk, Defoe converted Selkirk’s rough material into the fictional Robinson Crusoe , published in 1720 and a great success. Selkirk was thus deprived of the remuneration he might have realized if his story had been published as his memoirs.

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