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Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709)...31 KB (3,616 words) - 08:47, 9 July 2024
Afuera (Farther Out (to Sea)) and renamed after the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, is the largest and most westerly island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago...12 KB (1,347 words) - 12:39, 25 November 2023
being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island...55 KB (6,624 words) - 00:45, 5 August 2024
footballer Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer and pianist Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer Alexander Semin...32 KB (3,155 words) - 14:37, 23 July 2024
are primarily known for having been the home to the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk for more than four years from 1704, which may have inspired English...36 KB (3,181 words) - 00:16, 18 July 2024- Selkirk may refer to: Alexander Selkirk, Scottish castaway who formed the basis for the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Selkirk (surname), surname...2 KB (312 words) - 18:16, 11 December 2023
Castaway (section Alexander Selkirk)have a more famous occupant in October 1704 when Alexander Selkirk made the decision to stay there. Selkirk, a sailor with the William Dampier expedition...41 KB (4,124 words) - 15:00, 30 July 2024
as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's...34 KB (4,404 words) - 09:57, 18 July 2024
Fifae Descriptio. Lower Largo is famous as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, who provided inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The...5 KB (454 words) - 15:49, 3 August 2024
James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, KC (31 July 1942 – 28 November 2023) was a Scottish Conservative politician who served...13 KB (864 words) - 18:58, 20 July 2024
Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, used since 1646. It has rules of inheritance subject to unusual and unique provisions. The title...15 KB (1,578 words) - 13:49, 11 December 2023
1704 to 1709, the island was home to the marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, who at least partially inspired novelist Daniel Defoe's fictional...25 KB (1,957 words) - 12:52, 27 May 2024
request, was that of the sailor Alexander Selkirk on Juan Fernández Island off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean. Selkirk, a sailor with the Dampier...6 KB (769 words) - 04:19, 13 March 2024
George Alexander Selkirk (January 4, 1908 – January 19, 1987) was a Canadian outfielder and front office executive in Major League Baseball. In 1935,...9 KB (698 words) - 02:52, 4 July 2024
Bannock (British and Irish food) (redirect from Selkirk Bannock)taken her tea with a slice of Selkirk bannock, thus ensuring that its reputation was enshrined forever. Today, Selkirk bannocks are popular throughout...9 KB (812 words) - 10:31, 28 July 2024
Rogers. It is notable for including a firsthand account of castaway Alexander Selkirk, whose tale appears to have helped inspire Daniel Defoe to write Robinson...5 KB (554 words) - 12:26, 28 July 2024
Admiral Benbow Inn in Treasure Island and Daniel Defoe supposedly met Alexander Selkirk there, his inspiration for Robinson Crusoe. The pub is also supposedly...7 KB (768 words) - 08:12, 19 February 2024
that Defoe took inspiration for Crusoe from a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued in 1709 after four years on the otherwise uninhabited...19 KB (1,883 words) - 23:25, 1 June 2024
before being court-martialed for cruelty. On a later voyage he rescued Alexander Selkirk, a former crewmate who may have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe...39 KB (4,358 words) - 17:26, 22 July 2024- this ship. Cinque Ports was an English ship whose sailing master was Alexander Selkirk, generally accepted as a model for the fictional Robinson Crusoe....7 KB (806 words) - 04:07, 27 April 2024
- see The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk. Poems That Every Child Should Know edited by Mary E. Burt The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk by William Cowper 3668193Poems
- whisper — solitude is sweet. Line 739 This was Cowper's tribute to Alexander Selkirk the actual man whose shipwrecked existence upon an island inspired
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